If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t wear ear protection, you may experience hearing loss later in life. Hearing loss may be in your future, for example, if you work on a loud factory floor without hearing protection. These hearing loss causes are rather common. But there’s a new kid on […]
Coping with hearing loss can be quite an adjustment for you and your family members. Sometimes, it can even be hazardous. What if you can’t hear a fire alarm or someone yelling your name? If you have untreated hearing loss, you won’t be able to hear those car noises that could be signaling an approaching […]
Hearing loss can really effect the way you live, even when it’s minor. The way you interact with friends, coworkers, and family members can change dramatically. Daily activities like going to the supermarket can grow more difficult. But that doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and gloom. Quite the opposite, a well adjusted […]
If you begin talking about dementia at your next family gathering, you will probably put a dark cloud over the entire event. Dementia isn’t a topic most individuals are actively looking to discuss, mostly because it’s rather scary. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your cognitive faculties, dementia […]
You’re starving so you look in your fridge for a little bite to eat. How about a salty treat… maybe some crackers? Oooo, chips! There’s a leftover piece of cheesecake that would be yummy. Maybe you should just go with a banana on second thought. A banana is a healthier option after all. With the […]
No two cases of hearing loss are identical You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be precisely the same as someone else who may have the same hearing loss condition. No two instances of hearing loss are exactly alike. While you might be able to relate to somebody else with hearing loss, […]
Gatherings. So many family gatherings. During the holiday seasons, it probably feels like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost uncle every other weekend. The holiday season can be fun (and also challenging) because of this. Typically, this sort of yearly catching up is something that’s easy to look forward to. You get to learn […]
You’re bombarded by noise as soon as you arrive at the annual company holiday party. You can feel the pumping music, the thrum of shouted conversations, and the clattering of glasses. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear a thing in this noisy setting. The punch lines of jokes are missed, you can’t make out […]
While everyone has experienced a runny nose, we don’t often talk about other kinds of cold symptoms because they are less frequent. One type of cold you don’t often hear about is the one that goes into one or both ears. While you might generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom […]
After months (maybe even years) of waiting, you’ve finally decided to contact us to see if you should get hearing aids. You’ve been resisting this like so many other people. But the inconvenience, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too much. So when you do finally come in and then you […]
