Have you felt your age creeping up on you? Do you wake up with stiff joints, or have trouble getting energized? If you want to get more out of life and enjoy your golden years, there are a few lifestyle …
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!
If you’ve have an untreated hearing loss, you’ve been experiencing a lot of negative health outcomes. You’re struggling to communicate, and face personal, social, and economic problems. If you’ve been avoiding talking about hearing loss, it’s time to learn about …
Why Do People Shy Away from Treating Hearing Loss?
Do you think you might have hearing loss? Do you struggle to hear on the phone, turn up the volume on the TV, or ask your friends and family to repeat themselves many times over? These are all common signs …
How to Fight Noise Pollution & Protect Your Hearing
Our world is becoming louder every day, with increasing traffic on our city streets, noisy construction sites, and music blaring at the gym. Even our homes are louder than ever before, with the hum and beeping of our kitchen appliances, …
Why You Should Avoid Cleaning Your Ears with Cotton Swabs
No one likes the feeling of plugged ears, and many people have the habit of cleaning their ears with cotton swabs. Put down that piece of cotton! Rather than cleaning out your ears, you could be doing a lot of …
Tinnitus Could be Prevented in Younger Populations
After a long day, perhaps you finally find a place of peace and quiet only to you realize there is a buzzing or ringing in your ear. Old wives’ tales say that when your ears are ringing that people are …
4 Ways to Protect Your Hearing
It is essential for everyone to take care of their ears and hearing, as damage to the auditory system could be irreparable. However, if you have hearing loss it is especially important to preserve and protect your remaining hearing as …
Staying Independent As You Age Involves Treating Your Hearing Loss
About 8.5 percent of adults between the ages of 55 and 64 suffer from hearing loss, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. That number jumps to 25 percent for those 65 to 74, and it …
Hearing Loss Affects More than Your Ears
What does hearing loss mean to you? Most people only associate hearing loss with their ears, and with struggling to follow conversations or talk on the phone. Sadly, hearing loss affects far more than just your ears, but fortunately, treating …
Patients With Untreated Hearing Loss Incur Higher Health Care Costs Over Time
Untreated hearing loss is quite common, especially among older adults, yet there is much evidence to support that treatment and assistance have immense benefits. Not only are those using hearing aids able to experience the world once again in all …