Hearing Health Blog

You arrive at your company’s yearly holiday party and you’re instantly assaulted by noise. The din of shouted conversations, the clanging of glasses, and the pulsating beat of music are all mixing in your ears. It makes you miserable. In such a loud environment, you can’t hear a thing. You can’t keep up with conversations, […]

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While everybody has dealt with a runny nose, we don’t often talk about other kinds of cold symptoms because they’re less frequent. One type of cold you don’t frequently hear about is the one that goes into one or more ears. This kind of cold can be more risky than a common cold and should […]

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After months (possibly even years) of waiting, you’ve finally decided to contact us to see if you should get hearing aids. You’ve been resisting this like so many other people. But the stress of going through life without being able to hear has finally become too hard to ignore. So when you do finally come […]

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Believe it or not, it’s been more than 10 years since most individuals have had a hearing exam. Harper is one of them. She schedules a cleaning and checkup with her dentist every six months and she shows up dutifully for her yearly medical examination. She even replaces her timing belt every 6000 miles. But […]

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You know that it can be a challenge to get your partner’s attention if they have untreated hearing loss. Their name is the first thing you try saying. You say “Greg”, but you get no answer because you used an indoor volume level. You try raising your volume and saying Greg’s name again but he […]

Read More… from Can Sensitivity to Loud Sound be a Symptom of Hearing Loss?

There are lots of commonly known causes of hearing loss, but not many people recognize the dangers that some chemicals pose to their hearing. While there are several groups of people at risk, individuals in industries like textiles, petroleum, automotive, plastics, and metal fabrication have greater exposure. Being aware of what these hazardous chemicals are […]

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Aiden loves music. He listens to Spotify while working, switches to Pandora when jogging, and he has a playlist for everything: gaming, gym time, cooking, and everything else. Everything in his life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But the exact thing that Aiden enjoys, the loud, immersive music, could be causing […]

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You’re lying down in bed attempting to sleep when you first notice the sound: Your ear has a whooshing or throbbing in it. The sound is rhythmic and tuned in to your heartbeat. And no matter how hard you try, you can’t tune it out. It keeps you awake, which is not good because you […]

Read More… from Is my Anxiety Contributing To my Tinnitus and Sleep Problems?

Let’s pretend you go to a rock concert. You’re cool, so you spend all night in the front row. It’s not exactly hearing-healthy, but it’s fun, and the next day, you wake up with two ringing ears. (That part’s less fun.) But what if you can only hear out of one ear when you wake […]

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Congrats! Modern hearing aids are an impressive piece of technology, and you’ve just become the proud owner of a shiny new set. But, as with all new devices, there are things that hearing aid owners wish someone had told them. Let’s examine how a new hearing aid user can avoid the 9 most common hearing […]

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