HEARING TIPS
How Insects are Revolutionizing Hearing Aids
Modern hearing aids have come a long way; present models are highly effective and incorporate remarkable digital features, such as wireless connectivity, that strongly enhance a person’s ability to hear along with their overall quality of life. But there is still room...
6 Ways Your Brain Transforms Sound Into Emotion
It has long been accepted that there are powerful connections between sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and tendencies determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to specific sounds. As an example, research has...
6 Ways to Lose Your Hearing
The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t tend to begin appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to think about, for example, how much we appreciate a good conversation with a close friend until...
Why Choose a Local Hearing Care Provider?
The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent people from attaining healthier hearing: The inability to detect hearing loss in the first place (owing to its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive remedy. Regrettably,...
The Right Way to Clean Your Ears
Blausen.com staff. "Blausen gallery 2014". That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and without a doubt, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is customary, and it breaks the very first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t...
The Surprising Statistics Behind Occupational Hearing Loss
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an unavoidable problem associated with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s regular use of iPods. But the numbers show that the bigger problem may be exposure to loud noise at work. In the...
Finding Financial Assistance for Your Hearing Aids
The maxim “you get what you pay for” is definitely true of hearing aids, and while modern-day hearing aids are engineered to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly inexpensive, either. Fortunately, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming...
When Should I Get My Hearing Tested?
Most of the time, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It develops so gradually that it’s usually undetectable, and on top of that, the majority of family physicians do not regularly screen for hearing loss at the annual physical examination. Bearing in...
Understanding Your Treatment Options for Tinnitus
About 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no outside sound source exists. This phantom sound is generally identified as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking....
Getting the Most Out of Your Hearing Aid Batteries
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most crucial part of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this quick guide,...