New cures are constantly being discovered. That can be a good or bad thing. For example, you may look at promising new research in the arena of curing hearing loss and you decide you don’t really need to be all that cautious. You’ll feel like they will likely have a cure for deafness by the […]
You may develop hearing loss as you get older, particularly if you frequently expose yourself to loud noise. Hearing loss might be in your future, for instance, if you work on a loud factory floor without hearing protection. These are pretty common and well recognized causes of hearing loss. But within the past few years, […]
For you and the people in your life, living with hearing loss can be difficult to adjust to. Sometimes, it can even be hazardous. What’s going to happen if you can’t hear a fire alarm or someone yelling your name? Car noises can indicate hazards ahead, but if you have neglected hearing loss, you won’t […]
If you begin talking about dementia at your next family get-together, you will probably put a dark cloud above the entire event. The subject of dementia can be really scary and most individuals aren’t going to go out of their way to talk about it. Dementia, which is a degenerative cognitive condition, causes you to […]
Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. It probably feels like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holidays. The holiday season can be fun (and also difficult) for this reason. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to reunite with everybody and find […]
While everybody has experienced a runny nose, we don’t commonly mention other kinds of cold symptoms because they are less common. One type of cold you don’t frequently hear about is the one that moves into one or more ears. While you may generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t […]
There are lots of well known causes of hearing loss, but not many people recognize the dangers that certain chemicals present to their hearing. Groups that are at risk include automotive workers, plastics, textiles, metal fabrication, and petroleum. You can protect your quality of life by being aware of what these chemicals are and what […]
Aiden enjoys 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, cooking, gym time, and everything else. Everything in his life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But lasting hearing damage might be happening due to the very […]
Because you’re so hip, you were in the front row for the whole rock concert last night. It isn’t exactly hearing-healthy, but it’s fun, and the next day, you wake up with both ears ringing. (That’s not as fun.) But what if you can only hear out of one ear when you wake up? Well, […]
Summer has some activities that are simply staples: Outdoor concerts, fireworks shows, state fairs, air shows, and NASCAR races (look, if you like watching cars drive around in circles, nobody’s going to judge you). As more of these activities go back to something like normal, the crowds, and the noise levels, are getting larger. And […]
