If you have found that you have had to ask people to repeat themselves more and more often, it may signal that you have a hearing loss. It’s easy to believe that these occurrences are of little consequence, however, undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss can make it difficult to communicate and cause tension in your personal and professional relationships. Ultimately …
Many go on for years, believing that their hearing loss is not a serious issue. The problem, however, is that while you hear with your ears you process and listen with your brain. When your brain can not receive important audio information about conversations, and the world around you, the effects can become more serious than we may have first …
There are currently 48 million people in the US dealing with hearing loss and this number is only expected to grow. Each May is Better Hearing and Speech Month and is a call to action by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to raise awareness and action around treating these devastating disabilities. This year’s theme is “Building Connections” and is meant …
When you suffer from hearing loss, it doesn’t just affect you. The effects spread across your family and affect every aspect of communication. It can be more than just difficult at times, causing frustrations and unexpected stumbling blocks. Many of the hearing loss challenges can be resolved if everyone agrees to tackle the problem with strategies to keep contact open …
If you struggle with hearing loss, then you already know how difficult it can be to hear in a crowded place. Even if you are a hearing aid user, a crowd requires extra concentration and focus, in order to listen and respond. It is all too common to feel exhausted and drained by trying to discern a speaker or follow …
When many think about hearing aids, their mind immediately goes to the hearing aids their grandparents may have worn. The hearing aids of the past were large, and not only an eye soar, but seemed to give many, more problems than they might have had in the first place. Constant feedback and tan plastic protruding from around the ear gave …
When you suffer from hearing loss, it doesn’t just affect you. The effects spread across your family and affect every aspect of communication. It can be more than just difficult at times, causing frustrations and unexpected stumbling blocks. Many of the hearing loss challenges can be resolved if everyone agrees to tackle the problem with strategies to keep contact open …
When we consider hearing loss causes, we automatically think of spectacular bursts of loud noise, whether it is from industrial equipment, loud concerts, or an explosion. While these are all potentially dangerous situations for hearing loss, there is a more everyday cause of hearing loss that is on the rise: the incorrect use of earbuds. Study shows the damage earbuds …
Whether it’s avoiding crowds at the grocery store or getting through a long zoom call, exhaustion hits everyone at some point. However, if you have hearing loss, you might find that you become fatigued more often than usual. If that’s the case, you’re not alone: fatigue is a common side effect of untreated hearing loss, but it can also affect …
Dealing with hearing loss can make everyday tasks challenging and enjoyable situations frustrating. Did you also know it can be simply exhausting? Hearing loss taxes your body in ways most people don’t recognize. In fact, many people with hearing loss don’t connect it with feelings of fatigue. However, part of managing fatigue is recognizing how hearing loss can contribute to …
