You’re bombarded by noise as soon as you arrive at the annual company holiday party. You can feel the beat of the music, the thrum of shouted conversations, and the clattering of glasses. It makes you miserable. In such a loud setting, you can’t hear anything. You can’t keep up with conversations, you can’t hear […]
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less common than the widely recognized runny nose. One kind of cold you don’t often hear about is the one that goes into one or more ears. This form of cold can be more risky than a common cold and should never be disregarded. What does […]
You’ve been avoiding calling us to see if you need hearing aids, but you’ve finally decided it’s time. Like many, you’ve been resisting this. But the stress of going through life without being able to hear has finally become too much. So when you do finally come in and then you learn that you will […]
It’s hard to comprehend but most individuals have gone over ten years without getting a hearing test. Harper is one of them. She schedules a cleaning and checkup with her dentist every six months and she reports dutifully for her yearly medical exam. She even replaces her timing belt every 6000 miles. But her hearing […]
If you have a partner with neglected hearing loss, you appreciate that getting their attention can be… a challenge. First, you try to say their name. “Greg”, you say, but you used a normal, indoor volume level, so you get nothing. You try increasing your volume and saying Greg’s name again but he still doesn’t […]
Most people recognize the common causes of hearing loss, but some chemicals can also lead to hearing loss which can come as a surprise. While there are several groups of people at risk, people in industries such as textiles, petroleum, automotive, plastics, and metal fabrication have greater exposure. Knowing what these harmful chemicals are and […]
Aiden loves music. While he’s out running, 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. His entire life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But the exact thing that Aiden loves, the loud, immersive music, could be […]
You’re lying down in bed trying to sleep when you begin to hear the sound: Your ear has a whooshing or pulsating in it. The sound is pulsing in rhythm with your heartbeat. And regardless of how hard you try, you can’t tune it out. It keeps you awake, which is bad because you need […]
Let’s imagine you go to a rock show. You’re awesome, so you spend the entire night in the front row. It’s fun, although it’s not good for your ears which will be ringing when you wake up the next morning. (That’s not as fun.) But what if you wake up and can only hear out […]
Congrats! You’ve just become the proud owner of hearing aids – a wonderful piece of modern technology. But new hearing aid users will wish somebody had informed them about certain things, as with any new technology. Let’s look at nine common mistakes new hearing aid owners make and how you can avoid them. 1. Failing […]
