You’re assaulted by noise as soon as you arrive at the yearly company holiday party. The din of shouted conversations, the clanging of glasses, and the throbbing beat of music are all mixing in your ears. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear a thing in this noisy environment. The punch lines of jokes are […]
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less common than the well known runny nose. Occasionally, a cold can go into one or more ears, though you rarely hear about those. While you may generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t ever be disregarded. What does a cold […]
After months (possibly even years) of waiting, you’ve finally resolved to give us a call to find out if you need hearing aids. You’ve been resisting this like so many other people. But the inconvenience, the lost moments, the missing conversations, they all finally became too much. So when you do finally come in and […]
Surprisingly, it’s been more than 10 years since most individuals have had a hearing assessment. One of those people is Harper. She schedules a cleaning and checkup with her dentist every six months and she shows up dutifully for her annual medical examination. She even gets her timing belt changed every 6000 miles! But she […]
If you have a partner with untreated hearing loss, you realize that getting their attention can be… a challenge. Their name is the first thing you try saying. You say “Greg”, but you get no response because you used an inside volume level. You try raising your volume and saying Greg’s name again but he […]
There are lots of well recognized causes of hearing loss, but few people recognize the dangers that certain chemicals pose to their hearing. While there are several groups of people at risk, those in industries like textiles, petroleum, automotive, plastics, and metal fabrication have greater exposure. You can protect your quality of life by being […]
Music is an important part of Aiden’s life. He listens to Spotify while at work, switches to Pandora when jogging, and he has a playlist for everything: cardio, cooking, gaming, you name it. His headphones are almost always on, his life a completely soundtracked event. But irreversible hearing damage might be happening as a consequence […]
You first hear the sound when you’re lying in bed attempting to sleep: Your ear has a whooshing or throbbing in it. The sound is rhythmic and tuned in to your heartbeat. And once you hear that sound, you can’t tune it out. You have a lot to do tomorrow and you really need your […]
Let’s imagine you go to a rock show. You’re awesome, so you spend all night in the front row. It’s fun, although it’s not good for your ears which will be ringing when you wake up the next morning. (That part’s not so enjoyable.) But what if you wake up and can only hear out […]
Congrats! Modern hearing aids are an amazing piece of technology, and you’ve recently become the proud owner of a shiny new pair. But, just like with any new device, there are things that hearing aid wearers wish someone had informed them about. Let’s look at nine typical mistakes new hearing aid wearers make and how […]
