Most people are happy with their hearing aids: As reported by one recent survey, when speaking one-on-one, 91% of individuals who wear hearing aids are satisfied with their results. When talking about particular activities, 85% were satisfied in a group environment and watching TV, 78% while shopping, and 75% in a restaurant or on the […]
It’s easy to notice how your body ages over time. Your skin begins to get some wrinkles. Your hair turns gray (or falls out). Your knees start to be a little more sore. Your skin becomes a little saggy in places. Perhaps you begin to notice some fading of your eyesight and hearing. It’s pretty […]
It might seem, initially, like measuring hearing loss would be easy. You can probably hear certain things clearly at lower volumes but not others. Most letters might sound clear at any volume but others, such as “s” and “b” could get lost. When you learn how to read your hearing test it becomes clearer why […]
Just picture for a minute you’re a salesperson. Now imagine that you have a call scheduled today with a really valuable client. Numerous agents from their offices have gathered to discuss whether to hire your company for the job. All of the different voices get a little garbled and hard to comprehend. But you’re quite […]
Pizza is an interesting thing. As long as a few criteria are met, you can adjust toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is a lot like that. Symptoms and manifestations are caused by a number of different problems, loud noises, genetic factors, age, or ear blockages, but as long as […]
What’s the link between hearing loss and dementia? Medical science has connected the dots between brain health and hearing loss. Your risk of developing dementia is higher with even mild hearing loss, as it turns out. Researchers think that there may be a pathological link between these two seemingly unrelated health issues. So how can […]
If you are one of the millions of people in the U.S. dealing with a medical disorder called tinnitus then you probably know that it tends to get worse when you are trying to fall asleep. But what’s the reason for this? The buzzing or ringing in one or both ears isn’t a real noise […]
Aren’t there a couple of types of vacation? One kind is full of activities the whole time. These are the trips that are recalled for years later and are packed with adventure, and you head back to work more worn out than you left. The other kind is all about relaxing. You might not even […]
Tom is getting a new knee and he’s super pumped! Look, as you grow older, the types of things you get excited about change. He will be capable of moving around more easily and will have less pain with this knee replacement. So the operation is successful and Tom heads home. But that isn’t the […]
TV shows and movies tend to use close-ups (sometimes extreme close-ups) when the action starts getting really intense. That’s because the human face conveys lots of information (more information than you’re probably consciously aware of). To say that humans are really facially focused is, well, not a stretch. So it’s not surprising that the face […]
