Imagine for a minute you’re a salesperson. Today, you’re having a very important call with a possible client. Your company is being looked at for a job and several people from your company have come together on a conference call. All of the various voices get a little garbled and hard to comprehend. But you’re […]
Pizza is a fascinating thing. As long as a few factors are met, you can adjust toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. That’s a lot like hearing loss. Symptoms and presentations are caused by numerous different problems, loud noises, genetic factors, age, or ear obstructions, but as long as you have difficulty […]
Cognitive decline and hearing loss, what’s the connection? Medical science has connected the dots between brain health and hearing loss. It was found that even mild untreated hearing loss raises your risk of developing cognitive decline. Researchers believe that there may be a pathological link between these two seemingly unrelated health problems. So how can […]
If you are one of the millions of individuals in the U.S. dealing with a medical disorder called tinnitus then you probably know that it tends to get worse when you are attempting to fall asleep. But why should this be? The ringing is a phantom noise caused by some medical condition like hearing loss, […]
Aren’t there a couple of kinds of vacation? One type is Packed with activities the whole time. These are the vacations that are remembered for years later and are packed with adventure, and you go back to work more exhausted than you left. The other kind is all about unwinding. You may not even do […]
Tom is thrilled, he’s getting a new knee! Look, as you age, the kinds of things you look forward to change. His knee replacement means he will suffer from less pain and be able to get around a lot better. So the operation is a success and Tom goes home. That’s when things take a […]
Movies and TV shows tend to use close-ups (sometimes extreme close-ups) when the action starts getting really intense. That’s because the human face conveys a lot of information (more information than you’re probably consciously aware of). It’s no stretch to say that human beings are very facially centered. So it’s not surprising that the face […]
It’s hard to be separated from your hearing aid after you get accustomed to using one. After all, your hearing aids are essential to connect with your world. But it will periodically have to be updated or replaced just like all technology. A hearing aid’s typical lifespan A hearing aid will usually last 3 to […]
It isn’t like you simply wake up one day, and suddenly can’t hear. Hearing loss, especially when it’s associated with aging, typically advances in degrees. You may not detect it’s occurring immediately but some signs do show up earlier. The initial symptoms of progressive hearing loss are subtle. Recognizing them sooner is essential to slow […]
You Know when you’re viewing an action movie and the hero has a loud explosion nearby and their ears start ringing? Well, guess what: that probably means our hero suffered at least a mild traumatic brain injury! Obviously, action movies don’t emphasize the brain injury part. But that high-pitched ringing is something known as tinnitus. […]
