One new study concluded that hearing loss is twice as likely to effect people with diabetes than people the same age that don’t have diabetes. And an astounding number of Americans are considered pre-diabetic, somewhere between one out of every three or every four people in the whole country. This …
Understanding Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Conductive & Mixed Hearing Loss More than 13% of the U.S. population over the age of 18 is affected by disabling hearing loss. It can impact anyone and though there are a range of reasons, basically all hearing loss falls within three main categories: sensorineural, conductive and mixed. Sensorineural is …
Understanding Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the major causes of hearing loss. 20% of Americans, or over 48 million individuals, suffer hearing loss. While hearing loss might be a common side effect of aging, it can also develop earlier due to trauma, disease, infection, or exposure to loud noises throughout …
Things to Consider When Traveling with Hearing Aids
If you are like most people with hearing loss, when you think about traveling, you envision a world of hassle. From struggling to hear over the chatter of fellow passengers on public transit to trying to have a conversation in a crowded restaurant or bar, there is a lot about …
Tips for Driving with Hearing Aids
When it comes to safe driving, we all want to do what we can to ensure we get where we’re going safely. If you have trouble hearing and wear hearing aids to help you hear better, safe driving involves more than obeying traffic laws and reading road signs. You might …
Adjusting to New Hearing Aids
The day has finally come when you can use your new hearing aids. Not everyone who gets hearing aids welcomes this shift to high-definition surround sound! When you insert your hearing aids for the first time, it is quite possible that you will become overwhelmed and even have the urge …
Better Hearing and Speech Month from ASHA
Every May, the American Speech and Hearing Association organizes and celebrates Better Speech and Hearing Month to draw awareness to the widespread impacts of disabling hearing loss and the consequences it poses to every one of the almost 50 million Americans that live with it to some degree. This year …
Connecting People | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
Hearing loss is an invisible disability, and as such it can be hard to understand until we’re actually living with it. While noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is completely preventable, still there are millions of people each year who suffer damage to their hearing from noise exposure. It can seem as …
Tips for Selecting Hearing Aids
When you decide to take control of your hearing loss, one of the last steps in the process is picking which hearing aid to use. Shopping for a significant purchase like hearing aids might be stressful, but it is unavoidable. The majority of hearing aids last between 5 and 10 …
What to Ask During A Hearing Consultation
Have you made an appointment for a hearing test? Congrats! This is the ideal first step toward maintaining your hearing health. Feel free to bring a friend or family member with you when you come in for your hearing exam. After all, when it comes to hearing and recalling everything …