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6 Ways Your Brain Transforms Sound Into Emotion
It has long been acknowledged that there are powerful connections among sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and tendencies determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to specific sounds. As an example, research has...
6 Ways to Lose Your Hearing
The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t tend to begin appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to give thought to, for example, how much we enjoy a good conversation with a friend until we...
Why Choose a Local Hearing Care Provider?
The hearing healthcare marketplace has two barriers that prevent people from acquiring healthier hearing: The inability to recognize hearing loss in the first place (owing to its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive solution....
The Right Way to Clean Your Ears
Blausen.com staff. "Blausen gallery 2014". That there is a right way to clean your ears implies that there is a wrong way, and for sure, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is widespread, and it breaches the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign...
The Surprising Statistics Behind Occupational Hearing Loss
It’s typical to think of hearing loss as an unavoidable problem connected with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s regular use of iPods. But the numbers suggest that the larger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In...
Finding Financial Assistance for Your Hearing Aids
The saying “you get what you pay for” is certainly true of hearing aids, and though modern hearing aids are engineered to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly cheap, either. The good news is, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming more...
When Should I Get My Hearing Tested?
More often than not, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It forms so slowly that it’s often undetectable, and moreover, the majority of family physicians do not routinely screen for hearing loss at the yearly physical examination. Considering these two...
Understanding Your Treatment Options for Tinnitus
About 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no outside sound source exists. This phantom sound is commonly identified as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking. The...
Getting the Most Out of Your Hearing Aid Batteries
You could make a strong case that the most critical component of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this brief guide, we’ll present to you everything you need to know about hearing aid...
6 Ways to Save Your Hearing
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion individuals are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, induced by exposure to elevated sound levels from personal audio devices and very loud environments such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting...