September is World Alzheimer’s Month! Alzheimer’s disease is a rapidly growing medical condition that can prevent people from navigating their life fully and independently. This global campaign aims to raise awareness about what people can do to be proactive about their health and reduce the …
When to Take a Hearing Test
Ideally, for optimal hearing health, people over the age of 50 are encouraged to have an annual hearing test. Even if you don’t experience any signs of hearing loss, having that annual hearing test allows us to monitor your hearing abilities. If a hearing loss …
Staying Connected by Treating Hearing Loss
In our lives, we always hear how important exercise and a balanced diet are to keep our health going into old age, but it has only recently become clear how important it is to sustain our social lives. Chronic loneliness can have the same effect …
A Healthy Diet Can Lower the Risk of Hearing Loss
Just about any health condition has a connection with healthy eating. Things like heart disease and diabetes have an immediate connection to diet, but mental health aspects do likewise – those who eat healthy foods report higher feelings of general well-being, and recent medical research highlights …
Communication At Work | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
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 …