So, you recycle your paper and plastics, upcycle boxes and food jars into storage solutions, avoid food waste, and use reusable bags for shopping. If you have hearing aids, you may also be wondering how to do something similar with those and your hearing aid batteries. Hearing aids, our hearing and hearing needs are always… Continue reading Recycling Hearing Aids and Hearing Aid Batteries
A Day in the Life of a Person with Hearing Loss
If you have always lived with normal hearing, it may be difficult to understand what it’s like to live with hearing loss. Let’s take an imaginary trip into the life of a person with hearing loss. You wake up – not because you could hear an alarm or any normal household sounds, but because you… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Person with Hearing Loss
Could Exercise Harm Your Hearing Health?
?When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.? -Tich Nhat Hanh Throughout history, exercise has been embraced for improving health. These days, the benefits of exercise are splashed across headlines almost every day. It can help improve cardiovascular health, reduce the risk… Continue reading Could Exercise Harm Your Hearing Health?
Is Your Personality Changing Because of Hearing Loss?
We hear so many things about hearing loss including: How to get a hearing evaluation The best hearing aids to purchase Tips for hearing better in crowds. While these are all important topics to discuss and details to know, many headlines these days dig deeper into the often unseen effects of hearing loss. The fact… Continue reading Is Your Personality Changing Because of Hearing Loss?
Overcoming Listening Fatigue
Listening fatigue, also identified as auditory fatigue, is a temporary reduction in the ability to hear after exposure to sound. The loss of sensitivity is due to excessive auditory stimulation. This loss of energy due to hearing loss creates difficulty at work or with activities at home. The brain expends excessive energy to compensate for… Continue reading Overcoming Listening Fatigue
What To Do With Used Hearing Aids And Batteries
Perhaps it is time to get rid of your hearing aids. Maybe you are considering an upgrade to a device with more features, or you now have a cochlear implant? No matter the reason, please do not merely throw the hearing aids away. It may be of use to a person who can’t afford hearing… Continue reading What To Do With Used Hearing Aids And Batteries
Mimicking The Brain’s Ability To Distinguish One Voice From Many With New Hearing Aid Technology
The brain does a fantastic job of picking out individual voices in noisy environments. This process, known as the cocktail party effect, is a remarkable human ability. This aptitude for understanding speech in the presence of noise is challenging for a person with hearing loss. Advanced hearing aids have trouble deciphering speech in noisy environments.… Continue reading Mimicking The Brain’s Ability To Distinguish One Voice From Many With New Hearing Aid Technology
Reconsidering The Term “Hearing Impaired”
The Deaf and hard of hearing community consists of a diverse group of individuals from all backgrounds. Variations exist in the way these people became deaf, level of hearing, age of onset, educational experience, communication methods, and cultural identity. How people within this community identify themselves is a personal choice and may reflect upon which… Continue reading Reconsidering The Term “Hearing Impaired”
Eating To Protect Your Hearing
Healthy eating is vital to good health. The proper function of the body depends upon foods that contain the minerals that help keep us well. Did you know that certain foods and minerals can also benefit your hearing health? Read on to find foods and minerals that can help to improve your communication. Foods That… Continue reading Eating To Protect Your Hearing
Dangerous Decibels
by Beth Benites On the tail end of the March Madness hype, people are shredding their brackets and sulking over the upsets. The adrenaline pumping in the stands and on the bench of the arena, the smell of the hot dogs, popcorn, and beer, fans cheering and music blaring set the scene for one of… Continue reading Dangerous Decibels