If you or someone you know has minor hearing loss, it is crucial that you educate yourself about it as much as you can. This is to help you better cope with your condition and steer clear of making important decisions based on inaccurate information. When you’re coping with hearing loss, dismiss the following myths. […]
New cures are always being found. That can be a good thing and a bad thing. For example, you might look at encouraging new research in the arena of curing hearing loss and you decide you don’t really have to be all that cautious. By the time you begin showing symptoms of hearing loss, you […]
If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t use ear protection, you might experience hearing loss down the road. Similarly, if you work on a busy factory floor and don’t wear hearing protection, hearing loss might be in your future. These hearing loss causes are pretty common. But within the past few […]
Living with hearing loss can be a difficult adjustment for you and your family. Sometimes, it can even be dangerous. What happens if a smoke detector is sounding or somebody is yelling out your name but you can’t hear them? Car noises can indicate dangers ahead, but if you have untreated hearing loss, you won’t […]
Want to suck all the joy out of your next family get-together? Start talking about dementia. Dementia is not a subject most individuals are actively looking to talk about, mainly because it’s rather frightening. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your mental faculties, dementia forces you to lose […]
Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. During the holidays, it most likely seems like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost relative almost every weekend. That’s the charm (and, some might say, the curse) of the holiday season. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to reunite with everybody […]
Most people recognize the common causes of hearing loss, but some chemicals can also lead to hearing loss which can be surprising. While there are numerous groups of people at risk, individuals in industries such as textiles, petroleum, automotive, plastics, and metal fabrication have greater exposure. Knowing what these hazardous chemicals are and what safeguards […]
Music is a major part of Aiden’s life. While he’s out jogging, he’s listening to Pandora, while working it’s Spotify, and he has a playlist for all his activities: cardio, cooking, gaming, you name it. Everything in his life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But permanent hearing damage could be happening […]
Because you’re so cool, you were in the front row for the entire rock concert last night. It’s not exactly hearing-healthy, but it’s fun, and the next morning, you wake up with both ears ringing. (That’s not so fun.) But what if you can only hear out of one ear when you wake up? Well, […]
Some activities are simply staples of summer: Outdoor concerts, fireworks shows, state fairs, air shows, and NASCAR races (look, if you like watching cars drive around in circles, no one’s going to judge you). The crowds, and the decibel levels, are growing as more of these events are getting back to normal. But sometimes this […]
