Have you seen the videos on YouTube? A 7-month old baby hears his mother’s voice for the first time after being having hearing aids fitted. His smile is enough to bring you tears of joy. You can find countless videos like this online. You feel like you’re part of that special event that the child […]
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Tinnitus, like many chronic conditions, has a mental health element to it. Dealing with the symptoms isn’t the only challenge. It’s finding the inner fortitude and resiliency to do it on a regular basis without knowing whether they will ever go away permanently. Unfortunately, for some, tinnitus can lead to depression. Chronic tinnitus has been […]
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We typically don’t appreciate how essential our sense of hearing is until it’s too late. Socially, mentally and physically, our lives are improved with good hearing. If you aren’t protecting your hearing or ignoring your hearing impairment, you are compromising your general health in ways you may not have recognized. Here are just a few […]
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For people who have hearing loss, family meals and gatherings can be challenging. Everybody is talking loudly and at the same time. It becomes even harder for people who have hearing loss when you add other noises like background music, chairs scraping, and dishes clattering. There are a number of ways you can make these […]
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Vertigo can hit all of a sudden and knock you off your feet in a hurry. Dizziness and nausea are commonly the first signs of vertigo. But when an extreme bout of vertigo hits, the world around you can become so disorienting that it can be tough to get to a seat. It may be […]
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You notice a ringing in your ears when you wake up in the morning. This is strange because they weren’t doing that last night. So you begin thinking about possible causes: you haven’t been working in the workshop (no power tools have been around your ears), you haven’t been playing your music at an unreasonable […]
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Heartburn is incredibly common. One study indicates that 60 million Americans experience heartburn every month. Due to this, most individuals disregard their heartburn symptoms as commonplace. And it’s not that big of a problem, when you eat some seriously spicy food, a little heartburn is really normal. But you may want to pay attention when […]
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When your mother is always a couple of seconds too late to react to the punchline of a joke or your father quits talking on the phone because it’s too tough to hear, it is time to talk about hearing aids. Even though hearing loss is detectable in a quarter of individuals from 65 yo74 […]
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You get up in the morning, and there’s ringing in your ears. This is odd because they weren’t doing that last night. So now you’re wondering what the cause might be: you haven’t been working in the shop (no power tools have been around your ears), you haven’t been playing your music at an unreasonable […]
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You expect specific things as your loved ones grow older: Hair changing colors, needing glasses, stories about “When I was your age”. Hearing loss is another change that we associate with aging. This happens for many reasons: Exposure to loud sounds (whether job-related or from going to rock concerts when younger), medications that cause harm […]
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