With the quarantine years now in the rearview mirror, we are now living with some residue of the era. Our culture shifted fundamentally in some ways that are here to stay, like the work from home movement. We’ve also become a nation more interested in …
How Music Lovers Can Protect Residual Hearing
According to legend Leonard Cohen, “Music is the emotional life of most people.” Whether or not you self-identify as a music lover, it’s difficult to argue with the importance that music plays in the quality of a person’s life. For people with progressive hearing loss …
The Truth About Tinnitus
It feels like the makings of a Black Mirror episode: to hear a continual cacophony without any exterior cause of noise. But that is an example of art imitating life. People who live with tinnitus experience this as reality. Around one in ten Americans have …
Hearing Aids and the Great Outdoors
Summer is a time to take part in your favorite outdoor activities, but you might be worried if your hearing aids can withstand the elements. If you like to go camping, you know that everything is at risk of getting dirty or damp from time …
Why You Should Talk about Hearing at Your Next Physical
Unlike the casual and regular screenings otherwise ordered by your physician or encountered in life maintenance activities like renewing your driver’s license, hearing screenings may be an overlooked part of your ongoing preventative health plan. In a recent survey, Americans revealed that although healthy hearing …
Turning Down the Volume on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Like the healthy functioning of many systems within the human body, our hearing and its longevity is impacted by a complex orchestra of genetic and environmental factors. The most well-known culprit for acquired hearing loss is aging itself, which wears away at the health of …
Can You Spot the Hearing Loss Myths?
Every year, millions of Americans struggle with challenged hearing. It’s one of the leading chronic health conditions in the country, and yet, a large number of folks go through life undiagnosed and untreated. Despite unprecedented advances in diagnostics and technologies, resulting in futuristic solutions, there …
What You Need to Know About Disclosure Statements If You Have Hearing Loss
Around one-third of all adults over the age of 65 have hearing loss. It’s not simply a condition that impacts older folks, people all along the age spectrum live with hearing loss. In fact, one in eight Americans, 12 and over, show signs of hearing …
Finding the Courage to Confront Hearing Loss
Millions of Americans live with challenged hearing. It’s a substantial obstacle in our highly verbal society, particularly for people who encounter hearing loss later in life. Despite decades of work by activists and advocates, the hearing loss that typically arrives in old age still remains …
Hearing Loss in the Workplace
The Baby Boomer generation currently makes up about 27 percent of the current workforce. With hard work as one of their core values, it’s no surprise to learn that this generation plans to continue aging within their professions. The youngest Boomers turn 60 this year, …