You learn to adjust to life with tinnitus. You always keep the television on to help you tune out the constant ringing. You refrain from going out for happy hour with coworkers because the loud music at the bar makes your tinnitus worse for days. You’re always making appointments to try new techniques and therapies. […]
Want to show how much you care? Really listen when your loved ones talk to you. That calls for, of course, the ability to hear. According to research, millions of people would benefit from using hearing aids because one in three adults between the ages of 65 and 74 have some level of hearing loss. […]
You’re supposed to wear your hearing aids every day. But before you recycle your milk jugs, you’re supposed to wash them out too. We don’t always do what we’re supposed to. It’s the same for hearing aids. Occasionally we forget to take them with us. You might even forget to wear it for more than […]
The human body is a wonderful, breathtaking, confusing, confounding piece of work, isn’t it? The human body usually has no problem repairing cuts, scrapes, or broken bones (with a bit of time, your body can restore the giant bones in your legs and arms). But when it comes to mending the tiny little hairs in […]
If you have hearing aids, you should be capable of hearing, right? When they aren’t working correctly, it can be thoroughly frustrating, it’s a total “You had ONE job” situation. Here’s the good news, with regular maintenance, your hearing aids should be up to the job. Consider this list before you do anything hasty. It […]
With chronic tinnitus, it isn’t the ringing in your ears that’s the real problem. The real problem is that the ringing doesn’t stop. The continuous noise, perhaps rather moderate in volume, may begin as little more than a nuisance. But the ringing can become aggravating and even incapacitating if it continues for days or months […]
