Hearing loss can affect many aspects of your daily life. Your hobbies, your professional life, and even your love life can be affected by hearing loss, for example. Communication can become strained for couples who are coping with hearing loss. This can cause increased tension, more disputes, and even the development of animosity. In other […]
Why is it important to have your hearing assessed on a regular basis? That’s because your overall health can be substantially affected by hearing loss. Your quality of life will be improved, your health will be enhanced, and you will get the right treatment faster if you get screened regularly. Who should get a hearing […]
With proper care, hearing aids can last for a number of years, but their effectiveness depends on their alignment with your current level of hearing loss. Comparable to prescription glasses, hearing aids are personalized to accommodate your specific auditory needs, necessitating regular reassessment. Assuming correct programming and fitting, here’s a guideline for their longevity. Do […]
Your workplace recently adopted the trend of open-office floor plans, encouraging collaboration and teamwork. But this new arrangement has become challenging for you. It’s because the elevated noise is making it hard to follow along with conversation and not because you miss the privacy of cubical walls. The inability to follow conversations in noisy settings […]
When you start on a course of medication, it’s natural to want to be informed about any possible side effects. Can it trigger digestive issues? Will it cause dehydration? Cause sleeplessness? You may not even be aware of some of the more impactful side effects, like hearing loss. Ototoxicity is the medical term professionals have […]
There are a large number of reasons for muffled hearing. In most instances, this condition is temporary. But muffled hearing can also be an indication that a more severe hearing problem is occurring. Partly, that’s because, outside of sudden hearing loss, hearing loss is usually not a condition that develops suddenly. Symptoms appear gradually over […]
Contemporary cell phones have become a lot clearer and more reliable nowadays. But that doesn’t mean everybody can hear you all the time. And for people who have hearing loss, it can be particularly difficult. There must be a simple solution for that, right? Why not utilize a pair of hearing aids to make your […]
Caring for your hearing aids probably feels simple enough. After all, you were likely given a set of care guidelines when you initially purchased your devices. Most hearing specialists will give you a step-by-step how-to in regard to routine hearing aid maintenance. But it’s very likely that you may forget some of that information that […]
Is age a factor in the development of hearing loss? Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting all adults as they get older, but it’s a gradual process. Actually, over 50% of people 75 and older have trouble hearing. Presbycusis The slowly advancing condition of hearing loss as we age is commonly […]
Sleepless nights aren’t any fun. And when it happens on a regular basis, it’s especially vexing. You lie awake tossing and turning, checking the time again and again, and worrying about how exhausted you will be tomorrow. When these kinds of sleepless nights persistently occur, medical professionals tend to use the term “insomnia”. With insomnia, […]
