Most individuals are happy with their hearing aids: 91% of hearing aid users are happy with the hearing aid experience when talking one-on-one, as reported by a recent survey. When breaking down results with specific activities, 75% were satisfied in a restaurant or on the phone, 78% were satisfied while in the supermarket, and 85% […]
It’s easy to observe how your body ages over time. Your skin starts to get some wrinkles. Your hair turns gray (or falls out). Your joints start to stiffen. Your skin gets a little saggy in places. Maybe you begin to detect some fading of your hearing and eyesight. These indicators are hard to miss. […]
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 […]
Just picture for a minute you’re a salesperson. Today, you’re on a very important call with a possible client. Your company is being considered for a job and numerous people from your company have come together on a conference call. As the call proceeds, voices go up and down…and are at times difficult to hear. […]
Isn’t pizza interesting? As long as a few criteria are met, you can switch toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. That’s similar to hearing loss. But as long as you have difficulty hearing sound, it’s still hearing loss whether it’s due to genetic factors, age, obstructions, or exposure to loud noise. Normally, […]
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 […]
If you are one of the millions of people in the U.S. suffering from a medical condition called tinnitus then you most likely know that it tends to get worse when you are trying to fall asleep. But why would this be? The ringing is a phantom noise due to some medical condition like hearing […]
There are a couple of types of vacations, right? There’s the type where you cram every single recreation you can into every single second. These are the trips that are remembered for years later and are full of adventure, and you go back to work more exhausted than you left. Then there are the relaxing […]
Tom is excited, he’s getting a brand new knee! Look, as you get older, the types of things you look forward to change. He will be capable of moving around more freely and will have less pain with his new knee. So the surgery is successful and Tom heads home. That’s when things go wrong. […]
You’ve probably noted that when movies or TV shows get really intense, they start using close-ups (perhaps even extreme close-ups). That’s because the human face conveys lots of information (more information than you’re likely consciously aware of). It’s no stretch to say that human beings are very facially centered. So having all of your chief […]
