Hearing Loss is Common It surprises many people to learn that hearing loss is among the most common disabilities, affecting almost 14% of everyone in the U.S. aged 18 and above. This likely means that you know at least a few people that struggle with hearing loss and you didn’t even know it. There are quite a few explanations for …
Hearing Loss: Your Disclosure Method Matters
What is the Disclosure Method? One practical aspect of coping with hearing loss is deciding how exactly you want to inform other people that you are experiencing it. Hearing loss is an invisible disability. No one will know that you are suffering from it just by looking at you. You will either need to inform people or endure the long …
Is There a Connection Between Exercise and Reducing the Risk of Hearing Loss?
Decide to Form Healthy Habits Today Everyone knows the basic foundations of a healthy lifestyle. Yes there are gigantic industries promising shortcuts and hacks, but it is common knowledge that a nourishing diet, effective exercise, and proper rest are the cornerstones of overall health. People may commonly choose unhealthy habits, but very few people do so because of ignorance. It …
Taking Care of Your Hearing Health is an Investment in Your Overall Health
The Cornerstones of Health The secrets of maximizing your health are hardly secrets at all. Everyone can tell you what foods are healthy and what foods are not. It is much less likely that many of these people could explain to you why exactly some foods are healthy and others aren’t in a meaningful scientific way, how proteins help build …
Understanding Hearing Exams
Hearing Loss Can Happen to Anyone Hearing loss comes on so gradually over such an extended period of time that it is most often quite literally imperceptible to the person experiencing it. Because of this, many people who live with hearing loss fail to even recognize that they are doing so. This is a large part of the reason why …
Common Misconceptions About Hearing Loss
The treatment options for hearing loss have made such incredible advancements that it is completely common and simple to live a perfectly normal life despite hearing loss. But to do that, obviously you must seek and maintain appropriate treatment. The greatest barrier that prevents people from doing this is the common misconceptions that people have about hearing loss. These misconceptions …
Common Excuses for Not Buying Hearing Aids
The Grim Statistics Many people are often surprised to learn exactly how common hearing loss really is. More than 13% of everyone in the U.S. aged 18 and above suffers from it to some detectable degree. This percentage of the population that is affected increases steadily with age, making hearing loss actually very common once you are considering older demographics. …
How to Fix Common Problems with Your Hearing Aids
Tens of Millions of People Depend on Their Hearing Aids Though it is impossible to say exactly how many, it is commonly estimated that around 13% of adults in the United States live with some detectable degree of disabling hearing loss. This is no fewer than 38 million people and as high as 48 million people directly impacted. And hearing …
What Is the Difference between Hearing Aid and Amplifiers?
Hearing loss is a common issue that affects millions of people worldwide, with around 40 million Americans, from infants to the elderly, experiencing some form of hearing loss in one or both ears. For many of these individuals, communication can be a challenge, leading to feelings of frustration and isolation. Hearing aids can enhance a person’s quality of life and lessen …
Occupational Hearing Hazards
Hearing Loss is Extremely Serious and Extremely Common Hearing health is as fundamental to our overall health as diet, exercise, and proper sleep. When someone downplays their hearing loss or even outright denies that it is happening, the consequences to their overall health are more often than not catastrophic. When ignored, hearing loss not only represents a persistent threat to …