The majority of people aren’t proactive about the health of their hearing and likely haven’t had a hearing test since grade school because it’s usually not part of a routine adult physical. The good news: Hearing tests are easy, painless, and provide a wealth of information to professional hearing specialists, both for identifying hearing problems […]
You scheduled a hearing test but you’re so busy it’s reasonable that you would have forgotten about it. Thankfully, you just received that reminder text from the clinic, and you still have time to get ready. But what kind of preparation should you do? While it may not require an all-night study session like in […]
Why is getting routine hearing assessments essential? That’s because your overall health can be significantly affected by hearing loss. Your quality of life will be improved, your health will be enhanced, and you will get the right treatment faster if you get screened regularly. Getting a hearing test – who should do it? A loss […]
Muffled hearing can present for a large number of reasons. In most cases, this situation is temporary. In other instances, muffled hearing can be a precursor of more serious hearing-related issues. That’s because, for the most part, hearing loss is a gradually developing condition. Symptoms build slowly and over time. Often, one of the first […]
There’s nothing that’s good about cancer. Because of this, patients receiving cancer treatment will sometimes feel compelled to dismiss cancer treatment side effects, including hearing loss, as trivial. But it’s essential to keep in mind that, for a lot of cancer patients, there is life after your disease. And, obviously, you want a very full […]
You know you’re feeling moody these days but you’re not exactly sure why. Well, it was irritating earlier this morning when you felt left out of the meeting at the office. The other night your daughter seemed irritated with you when you asked her to turn up the volume of the TV over and over […]
Subtle changes in your hearing can be difficult to detect because of how gradually hearing loss usually progresses. Even though children are frequently tested, the majority of adults don’t even think about scheduling a hearing exam like they would their vision. You wouldn’t dismiss a decline in your eyesight, so why wouldn’t you keep track […]
It may seem, initially, like measuring hearing loss would be easy. If you’re dealing with hearing loss, you can most likely hear certain things clearly at a lower volume, but not others. You might confuse certain letters like “S” or “B”, but hear other letters perfectly fine at any volume. It will become more evident […]
Dementia and hearing loss, what’s the link? Brain health and hearing loss have a connection which medical science is starting to understand. Your risk of developing dementia is increased with even minor hearing loss, as it turns out. Researchers think that there may be a pathological link between these two seemingly unrelated health issues. So […]
TikTok has some really amazing videos you’ve most likely watched. Babies, after they just get fitted for hearing aids, hearing the voice of their mother for the first time. Sometimes, at first, the baby is resistant. When the doctor tries to put the hearing aid in their ears, they fight against it. They might cry […]
