Hearing Health Blog

Summer has finally arrived! This summer season has a lot of fun. But keep the health of your hearing in mind before you head out for a day on the beach, a rocking concert, or maybe an enjoyable backyard barbecue. Loud noises can damage your hearing, even if you don’t feel like they’re that loud. […]

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Remember when you used to be able to find those gallon buckets of ice cream at the supermarket? An entire gallon of ice cream, yum! But as you grow up, you start to get a bit more particular. Your ice cream tastes become more specialized and you have a tendency to opt for your favorite […]

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Don’t neglect cleaning your ears. Whenever you say that, you unavoidably use your “parent voice”. Perhaps when you were a child you even recall your parents telling you to do it. That’s the kind of memory that can remind you of simpler times as you wrap yourself in the nostalgia of youth. But that advice […]

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What is a cyborg? You most likely imagine a half human, half machine when you think of a cyborg, especially if you love science fiction movies (the human condition is often cleverly depicted with these characters). You can get some truly wild cyborgs in Hollywood. But in reality, somebody wearing something as simple as a […]

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You take care of your hearing aids. Cleaning them daily, you make sure they’re safe and comfortable on their charger when you go to bed. Suddenly and distressingly, your hearing aids aren’t working the way they once did. There are several things you can do to troubleshoot the problem, luckily. Not doing any more damage […]

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If you’re still wearing your older hearing aids, they may be better than no hearing aids, but they also may be costing you in some ways. Hearing aid technology has progressed a lot in the last few years! It’s gone from analog to digital, for one thing, and there are features now that weren’t even […]

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Hearing loss is a prevalent condition that can be alleviated simply with the use of hearing aids and assistive listening devices. But hearing loss is frequently ignored and untreated. For individuals with hearing loss, this can bring about feelings of social-isolation and depression. It can also lead to a breakdown in personal and professional relationships, […]

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Books-on-tape was what we used to call them, way back when. Back then, obviously, we didn’t even have CDs never mind streaming services. Nowadays, people call them audiobooks (which, to be honest, is a much better name). An audiobook gives you the ability to read a book by, well, listening to it. It’s kind of […]

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Do you recollect the old tale about Johnny Appleseed? In elementary school, you may have been taught that he migrated across the United States, bringing the gift of healthy apples to every community he visited (the moral of the story is that apples are healthy, and you should eat them). Actually, that’s not the whole […]

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Have you ever been in the middle of the roadway and your car breaks down? That really stinks! Your car has to be safely pulled off the road. Then you probably open your hood and take a look at the engine. Who knows why? What’s strange is that you do this even if you have […]

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