Those with hearing loss understand how difficult it is to communicate when there is a lot of background noise. Most people have been in a restaurant or a public place where the noisy environment meant that conversation was difficult or impossible. This is especially difficult in hospitals, where noises fill the air while doctors attempt to communicate with patients about what is going on. …
A Campaign to Make Listening Safe for All
A new and powerful initiative from the World Health Organization (WHO) aims to educate and improve listening habits, particularly in younger people. Established in 2015, the Make Listening Safe working group draws together stakeholders and experts from across the global arena, collaborating on the important issue of listening safety for people today and those of the next generation. Under their guidance, fresh recommendations for safe …
How Does Active Noise Cancelling Work?
Have you been having trouble with background noise? To drown out the noises on your commute to work or during your everyday activities, you may be turning up the volume on your headphones or earbuds a bit higher each day. Using music to drown out background noise is harmful to your hearing health, and turning up the volume too much can cause hearing loss. Active …
Facts & Fictions about Hearing Loss
If you or a loved one has hearing loss, it’s essential to understand the facts and fictions of hearing loss. For example, it’s a fact that nearly half of all seniors over the age of 75 have hearing loss, but it’s fiction that doing nothing is the right move. To make sure you know your hearing loss facts, we’re getting to the bottom of a …
Add Improved Hearing To Your New Year’s Health Goals!
How many times have you made a New Year’s resolution that you couldn’t keep? The first days of a new year are a testing ground for our discipline, commitment, and willpower. Perhaps you pledged to exercise more regularly. The first week or two of 2022 might feel easy. Still, as the weeks go by with winter weather, work demands, and exhaustion, we might be tempted …
Start Your New Year with Better Hearing!
Are you ready to start your new year with better hearing? Your hearing health affects your overall health and wellbeing, so improving your hearing health is a great way to meet your health goals in the new year. Hearing aids can improve your relationships, give you more energy during social events, and even help you focus more easily. Hearing aids can also reduce your risk …
Check Your Hearing This November for American Diabetes Month
Hearing loss happens for many reasons. Most of us know that hearing loss can occur when you are exposed to loud noises, or due to old age, but did you know that hearing loss can be caused by diabetes? This November is American Diabetes Month – an annual campaign to raise awareness and stress prevention of this devastating disease. This year’s theme focuses on prevention. …
October is Protect Your Hearing Month
While you may associate October with the pumpkin-flavored mania that overtakes even the best of us, it’s also an important month in terms of your hearing health. Designated as Protect Your Hearing Month, October is a great time to do an inventory of your current hearing health and investigate behaviors that may be unhealthy in the long term. For instance, now more than ever we …
October is Protect Your Hearing Month
This month is Protect Your Hearing Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to 40 million people in the United States may have noise-induced hearing loss. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) can be avoided if you take precautions to safeguard your hearing and avoid extended exposure to potentially damaging sounds and noises. Some sounds are uncomfortably loud and easily identifiable as …
Know Alzheimer’s Disease: Treat Hearing Loss in September during World Alzheimer’s Month
This month is World Alzheimer’s Month, a campaign to raise awareness globally on the condition. The most common form of dementia today, Alzheimer’s disease, deteriorates people’s memory, cognition, and behavior patterns over time. Even though Alzheimer’s disease is incurable, several drugs and therapies are currently being used to slow the progression and consequences of the condition. According to research, hearing loss has been linked to …