If you or a loved one has dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease, then September is the month for you! For the past several years, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has celebrated September as World Alzheimer’s Month, a time to raise awareness about …
Understanding Sensorineural Hearing Loss
There are three types of hearing loss: conductive, sensorineural, and mixed (which is, of course, a mixture of the conductive and sensorineural) hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss occurs because there is a blockage between the outer ear, the middle ear, …
Support an Active Lifestyle with Hearing Aids
Even though hearing aids are sturdy, tough, and meant to be worn for long periods of time, they are in fact complex machines with lots of components that have to work together in delicate harmony. When you keep an active …
Hearing Aids Are Found to Improve Depressive Symptoms
You may think that hearing loss only affects one thing: your ability to hear. This could not be further from the truth, however. Our abilities to hear are interwoven with our abilities to perceive our surroundings and to communicate with …
Myths about Hearing Aids
The technology you use every day is constantly improving, from the latest smartphone app to your newest laptop, or state-of-the-art vehicle audio system. Hearing aids are no different, and recent advances in hearing technology makes modern hearing devices almost unrecognizable …
Protecting Your Hearing During Summer Festival Season
Outdoor festivals are a summertime favorite for many people. Smaller towns and cities offer an array of festivals for every interest imaginable. Food takes top billing with snacks and meals to be shared with loved ones while walking around and …
Protect your Family’s Hearing This 4th of July
The 4th of July is a great holiday. Patriotism, picnics, parades and fireworks displays that are bigger, longer and – louder than ever. We like a celebration just as much as the next person, but the 4th of July is …
Is Your Mood Connected to Hearing Loss?
A holistic view of our experience would suggest that everything in our body is connected – mentally and physically. If our bodies are in physical pain, this definitely influences our mental health. Conversely, people who suffer from mental health may …
Early Hearing Loss and dementia
Loud, repetitive sounds can lead to hearing loss, yet we think nothing about standing in the front row of a concert by the speakers or listening to loud music on headphones. But these activities may affect the body in ways …
Improve Family Communication by Treating Hearing Loss
Summer is a great time of year to get together with family. Cooking out, going to the beach, and hiking in the woods are some favorite summer pass times that can bring family together from near and far. Travel is …