How Loud and for How Long is Key to Avoiding Noise-Induced Hearing Damage
Exposure to loud noise is the second leading cause of hearing loss — after aging. It’s also one of the only causes that are preventable. We can’t do anything about aging or heredity. But we can minimize our exposure to noise, or at least take steps to protect our hearing. As a society, we’ve come […]
Untreated Hearing Loss Leads to Increased Healthcare Costs
For those who need convincing that hearing aids are worth the investment, today’s hearing statistic is one data point among many that should help convince you they are. A recent investigation on healthcare cost trends concluded that older adults with untreated hearing loss used healthcare services more — and subsequently spent more on healthcare — than […]
How to Properly Clean Your Ears
Cerumen, commonly known as earwax, is key to a healthy ear. It collects dirt, debris, and bacteria, preventing unwanted foreign bodies from entering the ear. It has lubrication properties to keep the ears from getting dry and itchy. And, it acts as an antifungal and antibacterial, helping to fight infections in and around our ears. […]
Tips for Getting Used to Wearing New Hearing Aids
OK, think back to a year or so ago. Remember when you would go to a matinee and then after, when it ended and you left the theater, the daylight would overwhelm you temporarily? Well, the same thing happens when you first start wearing hearing aids. Your brain has gotten used to the quiet. It […]
Protect Your Hearing Month Promotes Hearing Awareness
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PDF National Protect Your Hearing Month runs for the rest of October, and Georgetown audiologist Melanie McQueen hopes that local residents will direct their attention to hearing health. “The reason we want to bring awareness to noise-induced hearing loss is that not only is it non-reversible, it’s also avoidable,” she said. […]
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Hearing Aid Perception vs. Reality
Hearing and sight are arguably our two most important senses (despite taste getting a lot of attention these past 18 months). Yet, if and when either starts to fail us — and both typically do as we age — we react to each very differently. You can tell by all the people with glasses, contacts, […]
Types of Hearing loss
Three of the most common hearing loss questions and their answers If you’re like us, you like to get to the bottom of any ailment you have. When you know what the exact issue is, you waste less time and anxiety and going-down-a-rabbit-hole Google searches wondering what it might be. And, because you know what […]
10 of the Most Common Hearing Loss Symptoms
How to know if you have hearing loss Not sure if you have hearing loss? That’s not uncommon. Hearing loss symptoms are subtle and typically emerge slowly. It frequently takes years for people to realize they have hearing loss. Also, we simply don’t test our hearing enough. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
Hearing Loss Treatment and the Role it Plays in Preventing Dementia
A 2017 study, conducted by The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care, called dementia “the greatest global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century.” But you don’t need a study to tell you that. Ask friends and loved ones of the estimated 50 million people worldwide who have dementia (there’s a good chance you are one of those […]