HEARING TIPS
7 “Life Hacks” For Better Hearing
Oxford Dictionaries defines life-hack as: “A strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one’s time and daily activities in a more efficient way.” Life hacks can help save you both time and money, and some are so easy you’ll ask yourself why you hadn’t already...
Preparing For Your Hearing Test
Congratulations on taking the first step toward healthier hearing by scheduling your hearing exam. You’re already ahead of the game, as a great number of people delay getting a hearing test for many years—in some instances decades. But now that you’ve scheduled your...
How Hearing Aids Can Keep Your Brain Young
Photo credit: flickr Saad FaruqueTwentieth-century neuroscience has discovered something truly amazing: namely that your brain can change itself well into adulthood. While in the early 1900s it was assumed that the brain ceased changing in adolescence, we now are...
6 Things a Hearing Care Professional Can Do For You
There seems to be more confusion when it comes to hearing care than with most other medical specializations. We don’t have to ask, for instance, what a dentist or eye doctor can do for us. But when it comes to our hearing, we’re oftentimes unsure as to what we should...
5 Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your New Hearing Aids
Congratulations—you’re set to join the millions of Americans who have discovered how utilizing hearing aids can make life more satisfying and rewarding. Before long, you’ll be hearing sounds you’ve long forgotten, engaging in stimulating discussions, and listening to...
5 Reasons To Choose a Hearing Aid Over a PSAP
You have most likely seen the commercials. The ones advertising PSAPs, or personal sound amplification products, promising a boost to hearing for as little as 20 dollars. It sounds like a great bargain—particularly when compared to the significant price tag of a...
The Top Inspirational Hearing Loss Blogs
In the US, hearing loss to some extent impacts 20 percent of the overall population, or 48 million individuals. On average, then, one out of every five people you meet may have hearing loss. For those who truly want to have an understanding of the condition—or that...
A Brief History of Hearing Aids
We might take it for granted that our hearing aids are hardly visible, can be controlled with our smart phones, and can differentiate between speech and background sound. What we may not realize, however, is that those features are the products of 400 years of...
5 Healthy Resolutions to Start the New Year
Imagine your life in 2016 with half the stress and double the energy. Who wouldn’t want that? While virtually everyone aspires to better health, it’s no secret that most health-related New Year’s resolutions are unsuccessful. We have the tendency to set resolutions...
The Real Cost of Hearing Loss
If you had the ability to prevent or lessen the risk of cognitive decline as you grew older, how much would you be prepared to pay for it? What would you say to $15 per week? That’s roughly the price of a professionally-programmed pair of hearing aids, which the...