We all know that the food we eat affects our health. Eating nutritious meals improves our overall health, and even impacts our mood and energy levels. Did you know that the foods you eat also affect your hearing? There are a few key nutrients that can boost your hearing health and reduce your risk of hearing loss. Here are a …
March 3 is World Hearing Day: Hearing Care for All
March 3rd is World Hearing Day, founded by the World Health Organization to raise awareness and advocacy for people with hearing disabilities. There are currently 466 million people worldwide affected by hearing loss and this number is expected to rise to 900 million by 2050. This jarring number illuminates the growing threat of hearing loss for people of all ages, …
Working with Hearing Loss
If you or someone you love is working with hearing loss, you know what a gauntlet it can feel like to remain productive and effective on the job. Not only are accommodations sometimes necessary to make sure that you can be effective, but you also need to remain protected from future harm to your hearing. Though some employers are cognizant …
Avoiding Hearing Tests Could Make the Problem Much Worse
Getting your hearing tested is a painless and easy process, yet too many people tend to put off these essential exams. Some are required to take tests as part of their noisy workplace environments, but for most people, the decision to get a hearing test is an individual choice. Though it might seem like an unnecessary hassle to some, hearing …
How Treating Hearing Loss Improves Your Relationships
If you were to poll marriage and family counseling experts about the essential features of a healthy relationship, what do you think they would say? Undoubtedly, communication would be in the top ten list, but why is that so? Our human connections are built on shared meanings and experiences of understanding one another. When we have something to express and …
Addressing Hearing Loss May Improve Care of Older Adults
Do you have a loved one with hearing loss? Older adults with hearing loss sometimes fall through the cracks, and don’t get the medical care they need. When your loved one can’t communicate clearly with health professionals, they risk a misdiagnosis or may receive the wrong treatment. Older adults with hearing loss have worse health outcomes than older adults who …
Facts & Fictions about Hearing Loss
Most of us have a pretty good understanding of what hearing loss is. Maybe you had a friend or family member with hearing loss, and you heard all about it. But have you wondered if everything you know about hearing loss is true? There are a few common myths about hearing loss, so we’re here to tell you what’s fact …
Things People with Hearing Loss Wish You Knew
We know just how hard it can be to explain your hearing loss to someone else. You try to let your family and friends know what you’re experiencing, but it’s hard to describe how hearing loss makes you feel. Speech often sounds fuzzy, your ears feel very sensitive to loud noises, and after a long conversation you feel extremely tired. …
Investing in Your Health: Treating Hearing Loss
As we look toward a hopeful New Year, resolutions are often on our mind. Changing our lifestyles means changing our lives, and we hold out hope that we can take steps toward a better year by modifying our habits and activities. Health and wellness often top the list of steps we plan to take toward a better life, and the …
All About Tinnitus
Think back to the last time you went to a concert, large sporting event, or even a loud restaurant or bar. When you left the building into the relatively quiet outdoors, what did you hear? Many of us recall an experience hearing a ringing sound, and in most cases it is temporary. That brief ringing usually goes away after a …
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