December 26, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
Have you avoided the calls from friends, family, and co-workers to finally get a hearing aid? Are you feeling that right now you really don’t need a hearing aid or that you’re not missing enough to warrant purchasing one? If your hearing keeps getting worse, it could cost you as much as $30,000 per year, […]
December 20, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
December 12, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
December 6, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
November 30, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
November 23, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
November 17, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
November 10, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
November 2, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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 […]
October 27, 2022 | Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Inc.
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. […]
