Hearing Aids And Dementia – How Hearings Aids Can Help Patients
Hearing aids might help increase memory, reduce anxiety and increase social interaction among dementia patients, local health experts...
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Hearing Aids For Kids Could Improve Speech and Language
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For young kids who are hard of hearing, the longer they wear a hearing aid, the better their speech and...
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Hearing Aids: Reasonable Expectations for the Consumer
Since you are considering the purchase of hearing aids, it’s important for you to establish reasonable expectations from these highly...
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3 Summer “Social” Activities for Seniors With Hearing Loss
Staying social and active in the community can be rewarding, especially as we grow older. A 1999 study by Harvard researcher Thomas Glass...
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DJ Rocks Despite Hearing Loss
Robbie Wilde thumbs through his iPhone as the sounds of voices and clinking glasses bounce all around him. His eyes never leave the...
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Untreated Hearing Loss in Adults—A Growing National Epidemic
Introduction The statistics are alarming. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), 36...
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Women Who Eat Fish Twice Weekly Cut Their Risk Of Hearing Loss
Are you finding it tougher to follow conversations in a noisy restaurant? Or does it seem like people are mumbling when you speak with...
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Among Youths, Secondhand Smoke May Be Linked To Hearing Loss
Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke face an increased risk of a litany of problems, including asthma, respiratory infections and...
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How Cold Weather Can Impact Hearing Aids
Just like extreme summer heat that often prompts sweating, which can lead to hearing aid damage, cold wintry weather can also cause...
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Hearing Loss Halloween: Safety Tips for Your Trick-or-Treater With Hearing Aids
Halloween may be the one night of the year when the dead roam the streets of the living, but that should be the only reason you and your...
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Generation Deaf: Doctors Warn of Dangers of Ear Buds
Hearing loss began early for Josh Musto, triggered at first by a heavy metal concert and worsened by years of playing guitar in two...
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Hearing Loss, the Forgotten Disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted 25 years ago, yet we are still discussing the same issues for people with hearing...
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Surprising Ways Hearing Affects Your Health
Hearing loss is more than an auditory problem. When Dianne Lange first stepped outdoors wearing a hearing aid, she was surprised by the...
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Could Sleep Apnea Affect Your Hearing?
Study suggests people with the disorder should have their hearing tested. Sleep apnea may not only affect the quality of your sleep. New...
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Is My Hearing Loss Permanent?
One of the hardest things about being an Audiologist is having to tell people that they have a hearing loss. Most people come to see me...
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10 Common Noises That Can Cause Permanent Hearing Loss
One in seven people between the ages of 45 and 64 have hearing loss — are you taking the proper precautions to protect yourself?...
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Obesity and Hearing Loss: Obesity Linked to Greater Risk of Hearing Loss in Teens
Experts urge screening of overweight kids because many may be unaware their hearing is impaired. In addition to the well-known health...
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Older Hispanic Men at Risk of Hearing Loss
Income, education, noise exposure also play role in odds people will lose their hearing, researchers say. A survey of Hispanic Americans...
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Hearing Aid Evolution Unveils What The World Sounds Like In ‘3-D’
As hearing aid technology has improved, so has health reporter Kathleen Raven’s confidence. When she was 5 years old, she found out she...
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Music and Hearing Loss Prevention: How Music May Help Ward Off Hearing Loss As We Age
Older people often have difficulty understanding conversation in a crowd. Like everything else, our hearing deteriorates as we age. There...
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