Hearing Loss Articles

Want to suck all the joy out of your next family get-together? Start to talk about dementia. Dementia is not a subject most people are actively looking to discuss, mainly because it’s rather scary. A degenerative mental disease in which you gradually (or, more terrifyingly, quickly) lose your mental faculties, dementia causes you to lose […]

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Gatherings. So many family gatherings. During the holidays, it most likely seems like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost uncle almost every weekend. That’s the charm (and, some might say, the bane) of the holiday season. Usually, this sort of yearly catching up is something that’s pleasing to anticipate. You get to learn what […]

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While everybody has experienced a runny nose, we don’t commonly talk about other types of cold symptoms because they’re less frequent. Occasionally, a cold can go into one or more ears, but you rarely hear about those. While you may generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t ever be dismissed. […]

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Most people are aware of the common causes of hearing loss, but some chemicals can also lead to hearing loss which can be surprising. Groups that are at risk include automotive workers, plastics, textiles, metal fabrication, and petroleum. Knowing what these hazardous chemicals are and what safeguards you should take can help preserve your quality […]

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Aiden loves music. While he’s out jogging, he’s listening to Pandora, while working it’s Spotify, and he has a playlist for everything he does: gaming, gym time, cooking, and everything else. Everything in his life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But the exact thing that Aiden enjoys, the loud, immersive music, […]

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Let’s pretend you go to a rock concert. You’re cool, so you spend all night up front. It’s fun, although it’s not good for your ears which will be ringing when you get up the next morning. (That part’s less fun.) But what if you wake up and can only hear out of one ear? […]

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Summer has some activities that are just staples: Outdoor concerts, fireworks shows, state fairs, air shows, and NASCAR races (look, if you enjoy watching cars go around in circles, no one’s going to judge you). As more of these events return to something like normal, the crowds, and the noise levels, are getting larger. But […]

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You want to be polite when you’re talking to friends. You want your clients, co-workers, and boss to recognize that you’re completely involved when you’re at work. With family, you might find it easier to just tune out the conversation and ask the person near you to fill in what you missed, just a bit […]

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Hearing loss is commonly accepted as just another part of the aging process: as we age, we begin to hear things a little less clearly. Perhaps we need to ask people to speak up or repeat themselves when they talk. Maybe the volume on our TV keeps getting louder. We might even notice that we’re […]

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Keep your eyes on the road. Obviously, it’s good advice, but it doesn’t say much about your other senses. Your ears, for example, are doing a lot of work while you’re driving, helping you keep track of other vehicles, alerting you to information on your dashboard, and keeping you connected with the other people in […]

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