Hearing Health Blog

As we get older we start to have difficulty hearing clearly and we normally just accept it as a normal part of aging. Perhaps we begin to turn up the volume on the TV or keep asking our grandchildren to speak up when they’re talking to us, or maybe we begin forgetting things? Memory loss […]

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You totally forgot your hearing test tomorrow, but that’s not very unusual, you’ve been very busy. Fortunately, you just got that reminder text from us, and you still have some time to prepare. So… what should you do? Hearing exams aren’t like those days in college or high school where you’d have to stay up […]

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You have a lively summer planned. Plenty of beach time and lots of swimming no doubt. You’ll do some regular jogging and then maybe take in a ball game or two before going home to up some tasty dinner. Your schedule is going to be rather full. And you want to be sure your hearing […]

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Keep your eyes on the road. Naturally, it’s good advice, but it doesn’t say much about your other senses. As an example, think about how much work your ears are doing when you’re driving. You’re using your ears to connect with other individuals in your vehicle, call your attention to important information appearing on your […]

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When is it time to get a hearing exam? You need a hearing test if you have any of these four signs. Recently, my kids complained about how loud my television was. Do you know what my response was? I said, “What”? It was a joke. I thought it was amusing. But it also wasn’t. […]

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You have a buzzing in your ears and it’s not getting any better, if anything it’s getting worse. It started off quietly enough, one of those “is it really there” kind of situations. But you’ve noticed how loud and persistent the tinnitus noises have become after an entire day on the job at a construction […]

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The last time you had dinner with family, you were rather frustrated. It wasn’t because of family crisis (this time). No, the source of the frustration was simple: it was loud, and you couldn’t hear a thing. So you didn’t get the chance to ask about Dave’s new kitten or Sally’s new job. It was […]

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You love swimming and are all about being in the water. The pool is like your second home (when you were a kid, everyone said you were part fish–that’s how often you wanted to swim). The water seems a little…louder… than normal today. And then you recognize your oversight: you went into the pool with […]

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Your sense of hearing is crucial in your life and when it’s gone, there will be no natural way for it to return But strangely, the general public tends to neglect hearing loss. In the US alone, one in eight individuals over the age of 12 suffer from untreated and irreversible hearing loss. While there […]

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When you think about hearing aids, intimacy most likely isn’t the first thing you think about. We get it. These little devices are normally presented in very concrete terms. Less defined expressions including poetry, music, and art are more suited to the subject of love. And yet, the two are inextricably linked to the point […]

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