If you have noticed someone close to you asking you to repeat yourself more than normal or complaining that you mumble there is a good chance that they may be struggling with the onset of hearing loss. If a loved one, friend or co-worker has recently been displaying signs or diagnosed with hearing loss, it can be a challenge to …
Are Two Hearing Aids Better Than One?
Have you been finding that it is easier for you to hear what others are saying to you in one ear while the other seems to hear just fine? It is definitely a good idea to set up a hearing test if you haven’t already to find out the extent of your hearing loss. Hearing aids are the most common …
Hearing Aids & Artificial Intelligence
Remember the hearing aids that your grandparents used to wear? Don’t make the mistake of believing that hearing aids are still at that level of technology. Just about everything electronic in our lives keeps advancing and this applies to the newest hearing aids as well. Hearing aids of today have so many capabilities to make hearing easier than ever before. …
A Healthy Diet Can Lower the Risk of Hearing Loss
Perhaps you’ve considered what you eat and how it affects you? A healthy balanced diet is essential to our physical and mental well being, but did you know that it could help keep you hearing healthy as well? What foods help maintain your hearing health and why? While no one nutrient holds the key to perfect health, a varied diet …
Common Excuses for Not Buying Hearing Aids
In the U.S. one in three people between the age of 65 and 75 struggle with debilitating hearing loss. If you are in this age bracket the odds are pretty high that you are dealing with hearing impairment. If you suspect you have hearing loss it’s a good idea to find out if hearing aids are right for you. While …
Communication At Work | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
Did you know that May is Better Hearing and Speech Month? Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) was founded in 1927 by ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), “to raise awareness and promote treatment that can improve quality of life for those who experience problems with speaking, hearing or understanding.” The theme for this year’s BSHM is “Communication at Work.” This theme …
Acupuncture for Hearing Loss & Tinnitus: Does it Really Work?
Imagine for a moment that you go to the doctor and are ushered into a soothing room with warm temperature, earthy scents, and low lighting. The doctor asks you to lie down on a soft table and proceeds to insert tiny needles into your body! This treatment is not uncommon at all, and participation in acupuncture is on the rise …
Studies on Hearing Loss & Injuries
When you hear about a concussion, what is the first situation that comes to mind? Some think immediately of American football players who have been in the news so much for the injuries they incur during games and practices. The constantly repeating crash into other bodies can jostle the brain tissue up against the skull, resulting in bruising and in …
Hearing Loss Cures of the Past
If you do a little digging through the history of medicine, some truly bizarre and puzzling treatments and “cures” can be found for a range of health problems. Before the methods of modern science were refined, doctors, healers, and so-called scientists experimented on their patients with strange and sometimes painful treatments. Humans seem to stop at nothing in their attempts …
3 Nutrients that Boost Your Hearing Health
For decades we have consumed information about the benefits of healthy ways of eating. We may even be familiar with the impact of certain types of foods and specific nutrients. For example: calcium is great for maintaining strong bones, spinach is packed with various vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids are useful for disease prevention etc. But did you know that there …