How Your Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Immediate Family
Hearing loss can feel like a personal battle. However, it’s not just the person with the condition who struggles. Hearing loss can take its toll on family members as well. Let’s examine the ways hearing loss can affect your family, as well as what can be done to reduce the impact it has on your…
How to Avoid Hearing Loss While Riding Motorcycles
Riding your motorcycle down the Martin Grade Scenic Highway can be an exhilarating way to spend an afternoon! However, if you ride motorcycles, it’s important that you take the proper steps to protect your hearing and avoid damaging your ears. Exposure to Loud Noise Increases Hearing Loss Risk Next to aging, exposure to loud noise…
What Is Auditory Processing Disorder?
Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a condition that affects people’s ability to understand what they hear. According to a 2021 study, “The prevalence of APD was calculated to be 1.94 per 1,000 children by a recent retrospective study based on referrals and diagnoses made in a national audiology clinic.” Below we review everything you need…
How To Prevent Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a common condition, with approximately one in 10 Americans experiencing it. While it can’t always be prevented, there are steps you can take to minimize your risk of developing tinnitus. What Is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is often described as a ringing in the ear. However, other people experience buzzing, roaring, whooshing, clicking or other…
Ways to Encourage Your Parents to Seek Hearing Loss Treatment
Aging is the number one cause of hearing loss. As your parents get older, they may start to experience symptoms, especially in noisy places like Gilbert’s Coffee Bar. Unfortunately, because it’s a progressive condition, many are unaware they have it until it has reached an advanced stage. This may even cause them to be in…
Can Hearing Loss Lead to Changes in the Brain?
You already know that hearing loss can make it difficult to listen to music or follow along with a group of friends talking over dinner at Spritz City Bistro. However, what you may not know is that hearing loss can actually change the way your brain functions. Hearing Loss Causes Your Brain to Work Differently…
Talk With Your Primary Care Provider About Hearing Loss Screening
Even though hearing loss becomes more common as you age, a new poll indicates that 80% of Americans over 50 said their primary care provider hadn’t asked about their hearing in the last two years. Neglecting your hearing health can have many different negative consequences that affect your health and well-being. Hearing Loss Makes It…
Enjoy All the Sounds of Summer with Hearing Aids
About 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids, reports the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Unfortunately, only about 20% of people who could benefit from these devices actually wear them. The audiologists at firmly believe that knowing what sounds you’re missing out on can prompt you to seek the…
Unusual Side Effects of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss makes it harder to process speech and sounds. However, its effects can go far beyond that. Left untreated, hearing loss can negatively impact our physical, mental, and cognitive health as well as our relationships with others. Four Surprising Ways Hearing Loss Can Negatively Affect Your Life Worsening mental health. People with untreated hearing…
What are Common Causes of Tinnitus?
Many of us have experienced a ringing in the ears, otherwise known as tinnitus, at some point. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 10% of the U.S. adult population has experienced tinnitus lasting at least five minutes in the past year. Tinnitus is not a disease itself, but rather a…