When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a typical question we hear from our patients, and the answer demands some thought. While hearing aids normally have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are a few cases in which you may want to upgrade earlier. Here are 4 reasons you may want to consider […]
We all put things off, routinely talking ourselves out of challenging or uncomfortable chores in favor of something more pleasing or fun. Distractions are all around as we tell ourselves that we will some day get around to whatever we’re presently trying to avoid. Often times, procrastination is relatively harmless. We might desire to clean […]
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It has long been understood that there are strong connections between sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and tendencies determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to various sounds. For example, research has revealed these widespread associations between particular sounds and emotions: The sound of a thunderstorm evokes […]
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The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t tend to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capacity to clearly hear them. We don’t stop to give thought to, for example, how much we value a good conversation with a close friend until we have to continually ask them to […]
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears implies that there is a wrong way, and without a doubt, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is customary, and it breaks the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign objects into your ear canal. […]
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an inevitable problem linked with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s constant use of iPods. But the numbers show that the greater problem may be exposure to loud noise at work. In the United States, 22 million workers are exposed to potentially […]
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More often than not, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It develops so slowly and gradually that it’s generally undetectable, and moreover, the majority of family physicians do not consistently screen for hearing loss at the yearly physical examination. Considering these two facts, it’s no surprise that most people first find out they […]
Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no outside sound source exists. This phantom sound is often perceived as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking. First it is important to understand about tinnitus is that it’s a symptom, not […]
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The World Health Organization reports that 1.1 billion individuals are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, caused by exposure to excessive sound levels from personal mp3 devices and noisy environments such as clubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. An projected 26 million Americans currently suffer from the condition. If noise-induced hearing loss results from direct […]
If we truly want to understand hearing loss, we have to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. Jointly, the two sides of hearing loss can wreak havoc on a person’s quality of life, as the physical […]