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If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t use hearing protection, you might experience hearing loss later in life. Similarly, if you work on a noisy factory floor and don’t wear hearing protection, hearing loss may be in your future. These are pretty common and well recognized causes of hearing loss. But
Living with hearing loss can be quite an adjustment for you and your family. It can also come with some hazards. What’s going to happen if you can’t hear a fire alarm or somebody calling your name? If you have neglected hearing loss, you won’t hear those car sounds that may be signaling an impending
Hearing loss can really effect the way you live, even when it’s minor. The way you connect with friends, coworkers, and family members can change dramatically. It can become a challenge to complete daily activities like going shopping. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be all doom and gloom. On the contrary, a well
If you start talking about dementia at your next family gathering, you will most likely put a dark cloud above the whole event. Dementia is not a topic most individuals are actively seeking to talk about, mainly because it’s rather frightening. A degenerative mental disease in which you slowly (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your
You walk into the kitchen to find a bite to eat. How about a salty treat… what about crackers? Oooo, chips! There’s a leftover slice of cheesecake that would be delicious. Maybe you should just go with a banana on second thought. Of course, a banana is a much better health option. When it comes
No two cases of hearing loss are the same You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be exactly the same as someone else who might have the same hearing loss condition. No two instances of hearing loss are precisely alike. While it may be beneficial to learn about someone else’s experience with
Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. It probably seems like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holidays. The holiday season can be enjoyable (and also challenging) for this reason. Typically, this sort of annual catching up is something that’s easy to look forward to. You get to reunite
You arrive at your company’s annual holiday party and you’re instantly assaulted by noise. The din of shouted conversations, the clanging of glasses, and the pulsating beat of music are all mixing in your ears. You’re not enjoying it at all. You can’t hear anything in this noisy environment. You can’t follow conversations, you can’t
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less prevalent than the widely recognized runny nose. One kind of cold you don’t often hear about is the one that goes into one or both ears. While you may generally think of colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t ever be dismissed.
After months (possibly even years) of waiting, you’ve finally resolved to give us a call to see if you should get hearing aids. You have been resisting this like so many other people. But the hassle, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too much. So when you do finally come in
Believe it or not, it’s been more than 10 years since most individuals have had a hearing exam. One of those people is Harper. She schedules a cleaning and checkup with her dentist every six months and she shows up dutifully for her annual medical exam. She even replaces her timing belt every 6000 miles.
You know that it can be difficult to get your partner’s attention if they have neglected hearing loss. Their name is the first thing you try saying. You say “Greg”, but you get no answer because you used an inside volume level. You try increasing your volume and saying Greg’s name again but he still
