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Before You Buy Hearing Aids Consider These 10 All too Important Concepts

You have made a choice to improve your hearing, but what now? As a smart healthcare consumer, you’ll want to think about a few things before you make take the next step and buy. Hearing aids come in various brands and styles, so finding out more before you buy is just smart. They come in

Cochlear Implants FAQ

Hearing through a cochlear implant is different from normal hearing and takes time to learn or relearn.

Could Your Job May Be Causing Hearing Loss

    Is it possible that work is causing damage to your hearing? This problem is referred to as occupational hearing loss and it is very common. Employment exposes workers to repeated loud noises that do eventually cost them their hearing without precautions in place. Here are a few facts you need to know regarding

A Hearing Aid: How a New One Will Make You Richer and Happier

Hearing aids are designed to improve your life, but how? You probably will hear better, sure, but does better hearing mean a better life? Does having hearing aids also mean more money in the bank? If you are one of the many people out there struggling daily to hear daily you might wonder if a

What You Need to Understand About Hearing Loss Before It’s Too Late

Sound is so deep incorporated into people’s lives that it’s hard not to take it for granted. Still, each year 20 percent of Americans lose their ability to hear. In fact, for those over 65 years of age, one in three of them suffer from some level of hearing loss, explains the Hearing Loss Association

How a Hearing Test Might Just Save Your Life

Does it seem like a hearing test is something you only get if you think you have a problem with your ears? Maybe a spouse complains you have the sound too high on the television when you watch your favorite show or you’ve noticed that conversations seem garbled more and more. Those are both practical

Five Sounds People with Hearing Loss Can’t Hear

It is a fact that hearing loss affects around 14 percent of the adult population in this country – including 25 percent of people over the age of 55. Tack on another 14.9 percent for kids who have some degree of hearing loss, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the impact this

Treating Hearing Loss Can Better Your Memory

We all want to stay mentally sharp as we age, which is why brain training games have become so popular. They work to preserve our mental function and, even more significantly, our memories. But is that what’s actually happening? We won’t get into the debate here, but it is sufficient to say that the latest

6 Uncommon Disorders That Affect Hearing

Hearing loss is a widespread problem in the U.S., one affecting 48 million people – approximately 20 percent of the entire population. The chances you know someone who has hearing loss are around 1 in 5. Generally, hearing loss is due to prolonged exposure to loud sounds or simply the consequences of aging. For some

How Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) Works

Tinnitus can be frustrating for a number of reasons. First, it’s entirely subjective, so you can’t show anyone what the ringing sounds like, how loud it is, or how bothersome it is. Second, there’s no objective way to measure tinnitus, so you can’t, for example, go into the doctor’s office, get some blood drawn, and