As your body ages, it isn’t difficult to notice the changes. Your skin starts to develop some wrinkles. You begin to lose your hair or it turns grey. Your knees begin to be a little more sore. Your skin becomes a bit droopy in places. Maybe your eyesight and your hearing both begin to diminish […]
Determining hearing loss is more technical than it may at first seem. You can probably hear certain things clearly at lower volumes but not others. The majority of letters may sound clear at any volume but others, like “s” and “b” could get lost. When you figure out how to understand your hearing test it […]
For just a moment, imagine that you have a job as a salesperson. Now imagine that you have a call scheduled today with a very important client. Your company is being considered for a job and several people from your company have gathered on a conference call. As the call goes on, voices go up […]
Isn’t pizza fascinating? As long as a few criteria are met, you can switch toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is a lot like that. But as long as you have difficulty hearing sound, it’s still hearing loss regardless of whether it’s caused by genetic factors, age, obstructions, or exposure […]
What’s the connection between hearing loss and dementia? Brain health and hearing loss have a link which medical science is starting to understand. It was found that even mild neglected hearing loss raises your risk of developing cognitive decline. These two seemingly unrelated health conditions might have a pathological connection. So, how does loss of […]
If you are one of the millions of people in the U.S. dealing with a medical disorder called tinnitus then you most likely know that it tends to get worse when you are attempting to fall asleep. But why should this be? The ringing is a phantom noise caused by some medical condition like hearing […]
There are a couple of types of vacations, right? There’s the kind where you jam every single recreation you can into every waking minute. These are the trips that are remembered for years later and are packed with adventure, and you head back to work more exhausted than you left. Then there are the relaxing […]
Tom is getting a brand new knee and he’s super pumped! Hey, the things you look forward to change as you age. He will be able to move moving around more easily and will have less pain with this knee replacement. So Tom goes in, the operation is a success, and Tom goes home! But […]
Movies and TV shows tend to utilize close-ups (sometimes extreme close-ups) when the action starts getting really intense. That’s because the human face communicates a lot of information (more information than you’re probably consciously aware of). It’s no stretch to say that human beings are extremely facially centered. So having all of your primary human […]
It’s tough to be separated from your hearing aid after you get used to using one. After all, your hearing aids are crucial to connect to your world. But just like all technology, though, it will have to be upgraded eventually. A hearing aid’s average lifespan A hearing aid will typically last 3 to 7 […]