How to Have a Stress-Free Shopping Experience With Hearing Loss
Shopping with hearing loss can be a stressful experience. Whether you’re buying clothes, food, school supplies or other items, a busy store can sometimes feel overwhelming and confusing. Check out our list of tips for navigating your shopping trip with hearing loss. Choose the Right Stores With hearing loss, commotion from a busy store can…
Why Does My Hearing Aid Buzz While I’m on My Cell Phone?
Hearing aids can help improve your communication and awareness by amplifying speech sounds and reducing background noise. If you’ve decided to start using these small but powerful devices to treat your hearing loss, one thing to watch out for when choosing which style you want is how they interact with cell phones. Some hearing aids…
Here’s Why You Should Take a Loved One to Your Audiology Appointment
Bringing a companion, whether a partner, child or close friend, to your audiology appointment may provide more benefits than you’d initially expect. Let’s look at some benefits you, your loved ones and your audiologist might experience. Your Companion Provides Extra Insight It can be difficult to be objective about your own hearing loss. Not only…
Heart Health Is Ear-risistible
Did you know there is an important connection between heart health and hearing health? According to the CDC, almost 610,000 people in the U.S. annually die from heart disease.1 While you’re probably aware of the importance of caring for your cardiovascular system, you might not be aware of the link between the cardiac and auditory systems….
How Untreated Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Mood
If you have untreated hearing loss and you’re also having problems with your mood, the two conditions may be linked. In this post, we review the connection and how you can improve both your hearing and boost your mood. What Does the Research Show? One 2022 study published in the journal Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience…
Benefits of a Hearing Test
According to a study published in the journal Hearing Technology Assessment, “A simple systematic screen, using an audiometric screening instrument, is acceptable to people in the age range 55-74 years, is likely to provide substantial benefit and may be cost-effective to those in that target group.” Besides being cost-effective, there are many benefits to getting…
How to Get the Most Out of Your Hearing Aids This Year
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports that, “Among adults aged 70 and older with hearing loss who could benefit from hearing aids, fewer than one in three (30 percent) has ever used them. Even fewer adults aged 20 to 69 (approximately 16 percent) who could benefit from wearing hearing aids have…
Reasons To Make a Hearing Test Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. As you prepare to look ahead to 2023, you’re probably thinking about the goals you want to achieve and experiences you hope to enjoy. If you have hearing loss, having a hearing test and seeking treatment can help ensure you make the most…
How Often Should I Get My Hearing Tested?
Most people make regular checkups a part of their medical care. Annual physicals, dental exams and vision tests are all commonplace. Fewer individuals pay as much attention to their hearing, however. How often you get your hearing tested depends on your age. Newborn hearing screenings are essential, of course, and regular checkups throughout childhood are…
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Prevent You From Dining Out
Individuals with hearing loss have difficulty communicating in environments with excessive background noise, such as busy restaurants. Rather than face the prospect of trying to enjoy a good meal while dealing with competing conversations, clanging silverware and dishes and distracting music, many choose to skip the experience altogether. But you don’t have to consign yourself…