How Untreated Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Hobbies
Hobbies are an important and underrated part of life. They can help to keep us active, stay mentally engaged and get more joy out of life. Unfortunately, untreated hearing loss can make it harder to participate in many of the activities you love the most. Let’s take a closer look at why that is, as…
How Treating Hearing Loss Will Help Your Career
Untreated hearing loss can add a lot of stress to many aspects of your life, including at work. The good news is that treating your hearing loss with hearing aids can benefit your career in several ways. Four Ways Hearing Aids Can Benefit Your Career Do I Need Hearing Aids? While the benefits of hearing…
What is Digital Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids?
Navigating loud environments is difficult for everyone, especially if you have hearing loss. While any hearing aid can help, devices equipped with digital noise reduction (DNR) technology can provide users with the best listening experience. Why Are Noisy Places Hard for People With Hearing Loss? Hearing loss makes it harder to understand speech, especially in…
Learn About Ways To Protect Your Hearing During Better Hearing and Speech Month
It’s always a great time to talk about ways to protect your hearing, but May is an especially great time. That’s because May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! Excessive Noise Is a Big Risk For Hearing Loss Many factors can increase your risk of developing hearing loss. Some of which, like aging or genetics,…
Is There a Link Between Untreated Hearing Loss and Mental Health in Older Adults?
Your risk of developing hearing loss increases as you get older. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), “approximately one in three people between the ages of 65 and 74 has hearing loss and nearly half of those older than 75 have difficulty hearing.” Left untreated, hearing loss can not…
Tips for Protecting Your Ears While Wearing Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are an effective and popular tool for those with hearing loss. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 7.1% of adults aged 45 and over used a hearing aid in 2019. While hearing aids make it easier to process sounds and navigate throughout your daily life, it’s still important to…
How to Have the Best Valentine’s Day with Hearing Loss
Approximately “One in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard hearing examinations,” reports the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. If you’re among this number who have hearing loss, you may be curious how you…
How To Encourage Your Parents To Seek Hearing Loss Treatment
If you noticed that over the holidays your mom or dad didn’t seem like they could hear you very well, you be feeling concerned. The fact is that hearing loss becomes more common with age, so if you have a parent dealing with it, you are hardly alone. Thankfully, with proper treatment, such as hearing…
Tips for Making Your Hearing Aid Batteries Last Longer
Hearing aids are a game changer for people with hearing loss. They may so many situations easier, from enjoying your granddaughter’s dance recital to having a relaxing conversation with your spouse while out to eat at The Barley Hound. The last thing you want when out at these important events is for your hearing aids…
Talk With Your Primary Care Provider About a Hearing Loss Screening
One of the best things we can do for our health is to be proactive about talking about any issues or concerns with our primary care provider. This includes hearing loss. A recent poll showed that 80% of Americans over 50 said their primary care provider hadn’t asked about their hearing in the last two…