The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) marks May as Better Speech and Hearing Month each year. This campaign aims to normalize communication disorders and advocate for more visibility of a variety of communication barriers in our society, such as hearing loss. By removing the stigma of hearing loss, …
Common Excuses for Not Buying Hearing Aids
Roughly 48 million Americans have hearing loss, but many have chosen not to wear hearing aids! They struggle to follow conversations, ask people to repeat themselves, and feel embarrassed when they’re unable to hear what’s being said. Why don’t more people wear hearing aids? Here …
Conductive Hearing Loss: Signs, Causes, and Treatments
Not all hearing losses are the same. Although the most common form of hearing loss is sensorineural, the type which is less known about is conductive hearing loss. But before we learn about what this is, we need to understand how we hear in the …
How Hearing Loss Interferes with Your Relationships
We all know the phrase “love conquers all.” Most people believe in their soul that if there’s enough love between them, they’ll overcome all problems. But often this conjecture leads to sadness and resentment. Love takes work, and at the core of this work is …
The Benefits of Being Social for Older Americans
We have always been social animals. Historically this was done to protect us from external threats, such as physical violence. But in the peace of modern-day societies it performs another main purpose, helping us ward off bad health. To understand the effect of social connections …
Hearing Aids & Artificial Intelligence
You may have grown up watching Science fiction movies about AI or artificial intelligence. While often these stories take place in the future or in alternate realties, in real life artificial intelligence is already all around us, helping us daily. Artificial intelligence (AI) is wide-ranging …
Ear Infections & Hearing Loss
Ear infection refers to the infection of the air-filled space that is behind the ear drum containing tiny bones of the ear. It is always an infection of the middle ear and sometimes is referred to as acute otitis media. Ear infections mostly affect the …
September is World Alzheimer’s Month
Alzheimer’s disease affects the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, emotion and language. Sometimes, Alzheimer’s and dementia as used interchangeably. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and 60 to 80% of the diagnosed cases of dementia are Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a …
Hearing Loss Helps You Stay Socially Connected
The National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) has reported that are nearly 30 million people in the United States who are deaf or hard of hearing. Some 15% of all Americans, across the entire age spectrum, are experiencing difficulties hearing—approximately two out …
Nutrients That Boost Your Hearing Health
We all know that we are supposed to eat well-balanced meals every day, but do we really know why? Eating well each and every day is surely important for overall well-being, for general healthiness. But being specific and intentional about what you eat can have …