Hearing Health Blog

There are other symptoms of a cold that are less prevalent than the widely recognized runny nose. Occasionally, a cold can go into one or both ears, though you rarely hear about those. While you may generally think of colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t ever be dismissed. What does a […]

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You’ve been putting off calling us to see if you need hearing aids, but you’ve finally decided it’s time. Like many other people, you’ve been resisting this. But the inconvenience, the lost moments, the missing conversations, they all finally became too much. So it’s a little discouraging when you’re sitting in the hearing specialist’s office […]

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It’s hard to comprehend but most individuals have gone over ten years without having a hearing test. Harper is one of them. She reports to her doctor for her yearly medical exam and gets her teeth cleaned every six months. She even gets her timing belt replaced every 6000 miles! But her hearing exam normally […]

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If you have a partner with neglected hearing loss, you know that getting their attention can be… a problem. Their name is the first thing you try saying. You say “Greg”, but you get no response because you used an indoor volume level. You try increasing your volume and saying Greg’s name again but he […]

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There are lots of well recognized causes of hearing loss, but not many people realize the dangers that some chemicals present to their hearing. At risk groups include automotive workers, plastics, textiles, metal fabrication, and petroleum. You can safeguard your quality of life by knowing what these chemicals are and what precautions to take. Some […]

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Aiden enjoys music. He listens to Spotify while at work, switches to Pandora while jogging, and he has a playlist for everything: cardio, cooking, video games, you name it. 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 loud immersive […]

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You first notice the sound when you’re in bed attempting to sleep: a beating or maybe a throbbing, perhaps a whooshing, inside of your ear. The sound is beating in rhythm with your heartbeat. And no matter how hard you try, you can’t tune it out. It keeps you awake, which is not good because […]

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Because you’re so cool, you were in the front row for the entire rock concert last night. It’s enjoyable, though it isn’t good for your ears which will be ringing when you wake up the next morning. (That part’s not so fun.) But what happens if you can only hear out of one ear when […]

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Congrats! Modern hearing aids are an amazing piece of technology, and you’ve just become the proud owner of a shiny new set. But, just like with any new device, there are things that hearing aid owners wish someone had informed them about. Let’s examine how a new hearing aid owner can avoid the 9 most […]

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Are you going mad with that tinnitus in your ears? Find out what causes tinnitus and whether you might have inherited it. Tinnitus, what exactly is it? Tinnitus is the name describing a person’s perception of a ringing, droning, or buzzing in the ear with no external stimulus present to explain this experience. The direct […]

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