by Calvert Hearing Care | Jun 4, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, brought about by exposure to intense sound levels from personal music devices and noisy settings such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting...
by Calvert Hearing Care | May 28, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. In concert, the...
by Calvert Hearing Care | May 21, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Most people are surprised to hear how young the profession of audiology actually is, and how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wished to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Apr 5, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a professional diagnosis, in spite of the fact that the warning signs of hearing loss are obvious to other people. But are those with hearing loss just too stubborn to get help? No, actually,...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Mar 26, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
If the unknown generates anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is especially nerve-racking. While nearly all of us have experience with the family doctor and the community dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It sure would be useful...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Mar 19, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
While the majority of us remain current with our yearly physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we usually fail to think about the well-being of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to weaken, it occurs so slowly that we barely notice and neglect to do...
