Have you ever forgotten your Earbuds in your pocket and they ended up going through the wash or maybe lost them altogether? All of a sudden, your morning jog is a million times more boring. Your commute or train ride is dreary and dull. And your virtual meetings are suffering from bad audio quality. The […]
Most people are happy with their hearing aids: 91% of hearing aid users are pleased with the hearing aid experience when talking one-on-one, based on a recent survey. When analyzing results with specific activities, 75% were satisfied in a restaurant or on the phone, 78% were satisfied while in the grocery store, and 85% were […]
As your body gets older, it isn’t difficult to detect the changes. Your skin begins to develop some wrinkles. You start to lose your hair or it turns grey. Your knees start to be a little more sore. Some drooping of the skin begins to happen in certain places. Maybe your eyesight and your hearing […]
Determining hearing loss is more complex than it may seem at first. You can most likely hear certain things clearly at lower volumes but not others. Most letters might sound clear at any volume but others, such as “s” and “b” may get lost. When you learn how to understand your hearing test it becomes […]
Imagine for a minute you’re a salesperson. Now picture that you have a call scheduled today with a very important client. Numerous agents from their offices have gathered to discuss whether to hire your business for the job. As the call proceeds, voices rise and fall…and are sometimes difficult to hear. But you’re hearing most […]
Pizza is an interesting thing. As long as a few factors are met, you can switch toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is similar. Symptoms and presentations are caused by numerous different issues, loud noises, genetic factors, age, or ear obstructions, but as long as you have difficulty hearing sounds, […]
What’s the link between hearing loss and cognitive decline? Brain health and hearing loss have a link which medical science is beginning to understand. Your risk of getting cognitive decline is increased with even minor hearing loss, as it turns out. These two seemingly unrelated health disorders might have a pathological connection. So, how does […]
Tinnitus tends to get worse at night for the majority of the millions of individuals in the US that experience it. But why would this be? The ringing is a phantom noise due to some medical disorder like hearing loss, it isn’t an outside sound. But none of that information can give a reason why […]
Aren’t there a couple of types of vacation? One type is Packed with activities the whole time. These are the vacations that are recalled for years later and are full of adventure, and you head back to work more exhausted than you left. Then there are the relaxing types of vacations. These are the trips […]
Tom is getting a brand new knee and he’s super pumped! Hey, the things you get excited about change as you get older. He will be capable of moving around more freely and will have less pain with his new knee. So Tom goes in, the operation is successful, and Tom goes home! But that’s […]