Hearing Health Blog

You take care of your hearing aids. Cleaning them every day, you make sure they’re safe and snug on their charger when you go to sleep. Suddenly and discouragingly, your hearing aids are no longer working the way they once did. There are a few things you can do to troubleshoot the issue, luckily. Not […]

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If you’re still wearing your older hearing aids, they may be better than no hearing aids, but they also could be costing you in some ways. Hearing aid technology has progressed a lot in the past few years! Ten years ago many of the features of modern hearing aids weren’t even in development, going digital […]

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Hearing loss is a prevalent condition that can be alleviated easily by using hearing aids and assistive listening devices. But hearing loss is frequently neglected and untreated. For people who suffered from hearing loss, this can bring about feelings of social-separation and depression. It can also cause a breakdown in personal and work relationships, which […]

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Back in the old days they were called “books-on-tape”. Back then, of course, we didn’t even have CDs let alone streaming services. Nowadays, people refer to them as audiobooks (which, we won’t lie, is a far better name). An audiobook allows you to read a book by, well, listening to it. It’s sort of like […]

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Remember the old story of Johnny Appleseed? When you were younger you likely heard the tale of how Johnny Appleseed traveled around providing fresh apples to communities (you should eat apples because they are good for you and that’s the moral of the story). That’s only partly true. The authentic Johnny Appleseed (whose real name […]

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Have you ever been in the middle of the road and your car breaks down? That really stinks! Your car has to be safely pulled to the side of the road. And then, for whatever reason, you probably pop your hood and take a look at your engine. Humorously, you still do this despite the […]

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There are three sorts of people out there: people who find history to be amazingly fascinating, individuals who think history is terribly boring, and those who believe history is full of aliens. Aliens aren’t responsible for the history of hearing aids. But it’s probably a lot stranger than you may think. After all, hearing loss […]

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Even if you have an active, healthy lifestyle, you could experience hearing loss and specific cognitive challenges as you get older. And scientists have found a strong link between the two that shouldn’t be ignored and it will help if you don’t turn that hearing aid off. Depression is twice as likely in people who […]

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Have you ever had an itch that you just couldn’t scratch? Okay, there are two ways to think about it: First, you think about something you always wanted to do in life but you never got around to (skydiving, for instance). Or, that itchy spot on your back that you just can’t manage to reach […]

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Musicians are awesome! Their shows bring us so much happiness. But music is a lot more powerful when it’s loud, and that can be a hearing risk. Since musicians expose themselves to loud music frequently, their hearing is at greater risk of being damaged. As you get older, you’ll still want to be able to […]

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