HEARING TIPS
Give the Gift of Hearing This Holiday Season
With one out of every five individuals in the United States battling with some form of hearing loss, there’s a good chance you know at the least one person who has some trouble hearing. And bearing in mind the potent links amongst healthy hearing and physical, mental,...
Overcoming Hearing Loss – This Year’s Best Stories
Through the course of the year, we’ve sought after and shared extraordinary stories about people overcoming hearing loss to our Facebook page. These motivational stories remind us of what human determination and perseverance can achieve—even in the face of...
Tips for Taking Care of Your Hearing Aids
To help keep your hearing aids functioning effectively for years to come, you need to learn proper care and maintenance. And while it may feel like an extra burden, with the right plan your hearing aid care will become simple and automatic. The key is developing...
How to Pick the Right Hearing Aid Model
Modern advances in technology ensure that your hearing loss can be successfully treated with the appropriate hearing aid model. The problem is choosing the right one. With all of the hearing aid models available in the market, it can be a little overwhelming. But by...
How to Communicate Effectively Despite Hearing Loss
Communication is regularly cited as one of the most—if not the most—crucial factors to building and maintaining healthy relationships. As stated by the PBS program The Emotional Life: "How couples behave when solving problems together or arguing can predict the...
How Modern Hearing Aids Can Save Your Holiday Season
Coping with hearing loss throughout the holiday season can be especially difficult. While you may actually prefer to NOT hear a few of your relatives, the conversations you do want to indulge in can be stressful. And because nearly all large holiday gatherings tend to...
The Advantages of Wearing Two Hearing Aids
Are two hearing aids better than one? If you’re hunting for the short answer, then yes, almost all cases of hearing loss are ideally managed with two hearing aids. If you want to learn why, or are curious about why we have two ears to begin with, then continue...
Why Hearing Aids Make You Happier Than Winning the Lottery
Supposing that you have hearing loss, what’s most likely to make you happy? A) Winning the lottery, or B) Getting a new pair of hearing aids It might sound obvious to you that the answer is A, but research on happiness tells a very different story. For starters,...
The Alarming Hearing Loss Statistics You Need to Know About
Far too often, we hear people say that hearing loss only impacts “old people,” that it’s just part of getting old, or that it’s generally an uncommon ailment. These remarks couldn’t be further from the facts. Here are statistics you should know about: Prevalence of...
5 Good Reasons to Get a Hearing Test
In the United States, approximately 37.5 million adults have some degree of hearing loss. Yet according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), merely 20 percent of those who could reap the benefits of hearing aids actually use them. That implies that millions of...