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Many people have preconceived ideas about hearing loss. For instance, many people assume that hearing loss only affects older folks or that hearing loss can’t be prevented. If you are experiencing hearing loss yourself, it is especially important to learn the truth. Let’s take a look at some of those myths and face the facts of hearing loss.
Summertime activities are a significant part of creating memories that can last a lifetime. Therefore, it’s important to note that precautions should be taken to help protect your hearing from summertime hazards, to insure that the sounds of the season will last for many more years to come.
Another festive holiday season is right around the corner, bringing families and friends together to reunite and celebrate. There are conversations happening all over the house, as loved ones are catching up on the latest. However, while this time of year can be joyous and exciting for almost everyone, for those that wear hearing aids, it can be very stressful.
More often than not, physical ailments are not isolated: They arise in pairs. When one part of our body is impacted, it’s likely that another part of our body will be impacted as well. Likewise, the medications we take to treat our ailments can be as detrimental as the ailments themselves. In recent years, research has suggested that there may be a connection between arthritis and hearing loss. Let’s explore these two health concerns, how they may be connected, and what can be done about it.
Maybe you’ve started noticing that your hearing loss has made your life more difficult. Perhaps when you try and talk with your loved ones, they become frustrated because you always struggle to hear them. At this point, you feel like there is no hope and that your social life is over. Sound familiar? Your hearing loss may be causing you to experience depression, but don’t feel too dismayed. Although hearing loss has been known to cause depression, many cases of hearing loss are treatable.
For most people with hearing loss, social outings can be challenging. From differentiating one voice from another to struggling to hear voices over the background noise, going into a noisy environment with friends or family can become more stressful than enjoyable. If you have hearing loss, you can still enjoy a night out on the town. Just follow these 7 tips to make the most of your social outings.
Classifying hearing losses that do not exceed 40 dB as 'mild' does a disservice to those suffering from such losses, especially children. Did you know that even a 30 dB hearing loss can cause a child to miss almost half of the activity in a classroom environment? Statistics show that up to 37% of children with mild hearing loss will fail a grade in grammar school. Here are a few more reasons why you should take mild hearing loss seriously.
While some forms of hearing loss occur later in life, such as age-related hearing loss or noise-induced hearing loss, others can onset when we are young. More often than not, hearing loss that occurs at a young age is a form of genetic hearing loss. Let's take a moment to understand how genetic hearing loss can be inherited, diagnosed, and treated.
If you’re a musician, you are at greater risk for developing hearing loss. In fact, a study from 2014 revealed that musicians are almost 4 times more likely to experience hearing loss than non-musicians. But just because you have hearing loss, your chance to enjoy playing, or listening, to music isn’t over. Here are 5 tips for staying positive and continuing to enjoy the music you love.
While age-related hearing loss is the most common type of sensorineural hearing loss, more unusual forms of sensorineural hearing loss also exist, like cookie bite hearing loss. Although most hearing losses affect one’s ability to hear high frequencies, cookie bite affects mid-range frequencies. If you suspect you have cookie bite hearing loss, it’s important to understand what it is, if treatments are available, and if hearing aids are an option.