Incredibly, our brain doubles in size in the first year of our lives and continues to grow to about 80% of adult size by age 3. By the time we are 5, 90% of our brain is fully formed. brain processing power and memory peak at the age of 18 and as we age it slowly starts to slow down. It’s …
How Music Can Help Shape the Future of Hearing Health
Do you love music? A 2014 study conducted by Nielsen’s Music 360 found that, “93% of the U.S. population listens to music, spending more than 25 hours each week jamming out to their favorite tunes. In fact, 75% of Americans say they actively choose to listen to music, which is more than they claim to actively choose to watch TV (73%).” …
Challenges with Hearing Speech in Noise – an Early Sign of Dementia?
Do you struggle to hear in crowded restaurants or bars? It’s common for anyone to struggle to hear in noisy environments but if you are finding that this issue is becoming a persistent issue it could signal a larger issue. Hearing loss affects approximately 466 million people worldwide and the World Health Organization (WHO) projects that this number is set …
Watching for Early Signs of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can happen overnight or in a matter of seconds. However, in most cases hearing loss creeps slowly into your life, so subtly that it’s hard to even know it’s happening. Many people fail to self-diagnose a hearing loss until they struggle to hear even in the most ideal of situations. At first it may start as the loss …
Connecting People | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
A common misconception is that experiencing loneliness has nothing to do with physically being alone. Loneliness is a feeling of disconnection and isolation from the world around you. While we can often be surrounded by people, the loneliness endemic has become intensified in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic starting in early 2020. When public health measures required people …
Headaches, Tinnitus & Hearing Loss
A migraine is a severe headache condition affecting millions of individuals worldwide. It triggers neurological symptoms which become increasingly debilitating. Some people experience other associated symptoms like light and noise sensitivity, vision disturbances, or even cognitive troubles. Migraines may seem harmless at first, but they can seriously affect your quality of life, and research finds they may even lead to …
The Global Cost of Hearing is a Surprising Number
Hearing is a practical sense, and damaging it can lead to a lack of comprehension, difficulty understanding speech, or difficulties communicating in person. The cost of hearing loss has been seen in public data, and it’s staggering. The CDC estimated that 48 million Americans have some form of hearing loss. That means approximately 15% of the American population is either …
Questions about Your New Hearing Aids Answered
Have you recently invested in new hearing aids? If so, this is a huge step! It often takes people 7-10 years on average from the time of the first diagnosis to invest in treatments. Now that you have them you are going to want to make sure you get the most out of your new high-tech devices. Here are a …
Hearing Aids are One of the “Secrets of Cognitive Super Agers”
It’s rare to live to be 100. In fact, according to one report, out of the 7.8 billion people in the world, they are only about 316,600. That is 0.004% of the world’s population. People who live to be 100 or older are referred to as centenarians and many are still clear of mind. What is one common across cultures and …
A Link Between Hearing Loss & Osteoporosis
Have you been diagnosed with osteoporosis? If so, along with regular bone density tests, it’s important to screen for hearing loss. You may not think of bone density as an issue that could affect your hearing, but growing research suggests that the two conditions are more linked than popularly suspected. What is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a disorder that weakens your body’s …