October 15, 2024

It’s commonly said that we don’t fully appreciate the things we have until they’re gone, and this appears to be specifically true of our ability to hear. Hearing loss is not only hard to detect; it’s also difficult to appreciate just how much hearing improves our lives. As one of our major senses, along with

It remains a mystery as to why wearing a pair of glasses—which correct vision impairment—is perceived as a sign of intelligence, while wearing hearing aids—which correct hearing impairment—has been perceived as a sign of old age. Maybe it’s about time the stigma of hearing loss is reversed, and we redefine what it means for our

When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a popular question we hear from our patients, and the answer requires some thought. While hearing aids typically have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are a few circumstances in which you may want to upgrade sooner. Here are 4 reasons you may want to consider

Picture being able to regulate the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and effortlessly as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any listening situation without ever having to touch your hearing aids. Sound too good to be true? A few years ago, it was;

We all procrastinate, regularly talking ourselves out of challenging or uncomfortable activities in favor of something more pleasurable or fun. Distractions abound as we tell ourselves that we will eventually get around to whatever we’re currently working to avoid. Sometimes, procrastination is fairly harmless. We might desire to clean out the basement, for example, by

Contemporary hearing aids have come a long way; present models are remarkably effective and come with remarkable digital functions, such as wifi connectivity, that substantially improve a person’s ability to hear along with their all-around quality of life. But there is still room for improvement. Particularly, in a few scenarios hearing aids have some challenges

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 reaction we have to different sounds. For example, research has revealed these common associations between certain sounds and emotions: The sound of a thunderstorm evokes

The strange part of hearing loss is that we don’t seem to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capacity 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 we have to routinely ask them to repeat

The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent individuals from attaining healthier hearing: The inability to recognize hearing loss in the first place (due to its slow onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive solution. Unfortunately, numerous people who have overcome the first barrier have been lured into the supposedly

That there is a right way to clean your ears implies that there is a wrong way, and without a doubt, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is customary, and it breaches the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign objects into your ear canal. That includes cotton swabs and

It’s common to think of hearing loss as an inevitable problem associated with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s routine use of iPods. But the numbers show that the larger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In the United States, 22 million workers are subjected to

The adage “you get what you pay for” is definitely true of hearing aids, and although the latest hearing aids are designed to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly cheap, either. The good news is, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming more affordable, in the same manner that most consumer