Susan always knew that after she retired she would be living an active lifestyle. She travels a lot and at 68 she’s been to over a dozen countries and is planning many more trips. On some days you’ll find her tackling a hiking trail with her grandkids, on others she will be volunteering at a […]
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Ever ask yourself “what would it actually be like to wear hearing aids”? What would your good friend say if you asked honest questions about what hearing aids sound like, what it feels like, and how they really feel about using one? If you really want to know what hearing aids are like, you need […]
When your mother is always several seconds too late to laugh at the punchline of a joke or your father quits talking on the phone because it’s too hard to hear, it is time to discuss hearing aids. Even though a quarter of individuals aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent of people over the […]
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From depression to dementia, numerous other health problems are connected to the health of your hearing. Here are just a few of the ways your hearing is linked to your health. 1. Diabetes Affects Your Hearing A widely-cited study that evaluated over 5,000 adults determined that people who had been diagnosed with diabetes were twice […]
Tinnitus, as with many chronic conditions, has a mental health component to it. Coping with the symptoms isn’t the only obstacle. It’s coping with the symptoms continuously never knowing for sure if they will go away. Unfortunately, for some, tinnitus can bring about depression. According to research carried out by the Stockholm Public Health Cohort […]
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Hearing is one of our most vital senses and one that we frequently don’t appreciate or protect until it’s too late. Socially, mentally and physically, our lives are enhanced with good hearing. If you’re not protecting your hearing or ignoring your hearing loss, you are compromising your overall health in ways you may not have […]
You get up in the morning, and there’s ringing in your ears. This is weird because they weren’t doing that last night. So you start thinking about likely causes: you haven’t been working in the workshop (no power tools have been around your ears), you haven’t been listening to your music at an unreasonable volume […]
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As your loved ones age, you expect things like the need for bifocals or stories about when they were your age or changing hair color. Another change commonly connected with aging is hearing loss. This happens for many reasons: Some medications or medical treatments like chemotherapy that cause structural harm to the ear, exposure to […]
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