When your mother is always several seconds too late to react to the punchline of a joke or your father stops talking on the phone because it’s too hard to hear, it is time to talk about hearing aids. Although a quarter of individuals aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent of people over the […]
Your hearing health is connected to numerous other health concerns, from depression to dementia. Here are just a few of the ways your hearing is related to your health. 1. your Hearing is Affected by Diabetes When tested with low to mid-frequency tones, individuals with diabetes were two times as likely to experience mild to […]
Tinnitus, as with lots of chronic conditions, has a mental health component to it. It isn’t just a matter of dealing with the symptoms. It’s finding the inner fortitude and resilience to do it regularly without knowing whether they will ever recede once and for all. Regrettably, for some people, tinnitus can bring about depression. […]
We frequently don’t appreciate how important our sense of hearing is until it’s too late. Socially, mentally and physically, our lives are improved with good hearing. If you’re not protecting your hearing or disregarding your hearing loss, you are compromising your overall health in ways you might not have recognized. Healthy hearing has many benefits, […]
You hear a ringing in your ears when you wake up in the morning. They were okay yesterday so that’s peculiar. So you start thinking about likely causes: you haven’t been working in the workshop (no power tools have been around your ears), you haven’t been playing your music at an excessive volume (it’s all […]
You expect certain things as your loved ones get older: Hair changing colors, the need for bifocals, stories about “When I was your age”. Another change typically associated with aging is hearing loss. This happens for numerous reasons: Some medications or medical treatments such as chemotherapy that cause structural damage to the ear, exposure to […]
Is your hearing protection failing to safeguard your hearing? Here are 3 things to look out for. Despite your best attempts, you can sometimes encounter things that can mess with your hearing protection, both at home and at work. And that can be discouraging. You’re attempting to do the right thing after all. You put […]
During the typical working years, many people build much of their perceived self-worth up around their job. They base their self-image on what type of job they do, what position they have, and how much they earn. When somebody asks “so what do you do?”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind. It probably […]
Are you aware that about one out of three adults between the ages of 65 and 74 is affected by hearing loss and half of them are over 75? But even though so many people are impacted by hearing loss, 70% of them have never used hearing aids and for people under the age of […]
