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Help decide the Best Sound Ever
This Better Hearing Month, we’ve been on a quest to determine the best sound ever. And because...
Posted on: 05/15/2019
#HearingFactFriday: A healthy diet can help reduce the risk of hearing loss
Hey moms! Are you looking for another reason to eat well? We’re guessing you already know a million...
Posted on: 05/10/2019
Make every day sound better
What’s your favorite sound in the world? A baby’s coo? A loved one’s laughter? Distant...
Posted on: 05/08/2019
#HearingFactFriday: A ton of people under 65 have hearing loss
You’re forgiven if you think that hearing loss mostly affects only older adults. After all, we know...
Posted on: 05/03/2019
What better time to treat your hearing loss than Better Hearing and Speech Month?
When the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) designated May as Better Hearing and Speech...
Posted on: 05/01/2019
#HearingFactFriday: Smoking increases your risk for hearing loss
Need another reason not to smoke? Probably not. But if you do, this Hearing Fact Friday — pulled from...
Posted on: 04/26/2019
How treating hearing loss can help reduce the risk of dementia
In 2017, a study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, called...
Posted on: 04/24/2019
#HearingFactFriday: Hearing loss treatment can potentially reduce dementia risks
Just two weeks ago we wrote how hearing loss increases the risks of getting dementia. The counter to that...
Posted on: 04/19/2019
Do’s and don’ts of getting rid of earwax
Earwax, also known as cerumen, is a gray, orange or yellow material made in the ear canal. It cleans and...
Posted on: 04/17/2019
#HearingFactFriday: Too many people put off getting help for hearing loss
If you had trouble seeing, you would go to a doctor or optometrist and discuss it with them, right? How...
Posted on: 04/12/2019
[Video] 11 things new hearing can do that old ones can’t
If you have hearing loss but still haven’t done anything to treat it, do you know why? If it’s...
Posted on: 04/10/2019
#HearingFactFriday: Hearing loss increases the risks of getting dementia
For those who think hearing loss is no big deal — that it is not worth treating, not worth the hassle...
Posted on: 04/05/2019
All Ears: Are rechargeable hearing aids right for me?
Rechargeable hearing aids are a fairly recent addition to the hearing healthcare landscape. In the past,...
Posted on: 04/03/2019
#HearingFactFriday: You’d be surprised by which musicians are more likely to have hearing issues
Today’s hearing fact is interesting, as it is definitely counterintuitive. Classical music is not...
Posted on: 03/29/2019
At the gym, turn up the beat, not the dB!
Have you set a goal to get healthier this year? Are you going to the gym or perhaps a workout class a few...
Posted on: 03/27/2019
#HearingFactFriday: Millions of people have noise-induced hearing loss
Each month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts out a Vital Signs report devoted to a...
Posted on: 03/22/2019
Learning to hear again takes practice
Purchasing hearing aids for the first time starts an individual on a path of rehabilitation similar to...
Posted on: 03/20/2019
#HearingFactFriday: More people over 70 have hearing loss than don't
As we just noted in our blog about Livio AI’s new fall detection technology, hearing loss and falling...
Posted on: 03/15/2019
The first and only hearing aid with fall detection and alerts
If you’re an older adult — or care for someone who is — falling is likely to be high on...
Posted on: 03/13/2019
#HearingFactFriday: Your hearing bone is connected to your brain bone
In a Johns Hopkins news release from 2013 summarizing their study on hearing loss’s effects on the...