Buzzing lawn mowers, booming sporting event speakers (and yelling fans), rowdy outdoor concerts, and crackling fireworks--these are welcome summer sounds. However, many sounds that we typically hear during the summer can be damaging to our hearing.
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If you are thinking about getting hearing aids, you are probably full of questions already. Fortunately, most people tend to ask the same four common questions so we can give you the answers you are looking for right now.
A commonly asked question is how do people go about properly and safely cleaning their ears? The simple answer to this question is that you don’t. Meaning you do not actually need to clean your ears because your ears do clean themselves. How you may ask?
Hearing loss affects roughly 48 million Americans, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Individuals can suffer from three types of hearing loss, which are characterized by the part of the auditory system that is damaged.
If you’ve been to an audiologist for hearing tests, and they have recommended using hearing aids, you may be approaching a hearing aid fitting with both trepidation and excitement.
Are you ears giving you trouble? You might think about completing some ear cleaning. With ear cleaning, you might think that you can get rid of the buildup of wax and ensure that you can hear more effectively.
We’ve all done it at one time or another: Reach for a cotton bud, pen lid, or bobby pin and mine our ear for wax. While this gives a short term satisfaction it is from beneficial to your ear health and liable be harmful in the long term.
Hearing aids need batteries to run. Different hearing aids need different battery sizes, so it's important to know about what batteries your hearing aids take so you can keep them running and always have spares handy.
When things are going smoothly, you sometimes forget how much you depend upon your eyeglasses or your hearing aids. But when something goes wrong, it can make life a little more difficult.
The time has come: You’ve had enough people telling you to visit an audiologist because they think you have hearing loss. You listened and now you’re getting ready for your first visit.
If you feel like you may be suffering from hearing loss, chances are someone will recommend you visit an audiologist. Just what is an audiologist, though?
In addition to caring for hearing itself, hygiene plays an important role in keeping the ears healthy. Remarkably, the ears have their own cleaning system – earwax.
Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions impacting people today; however, it’s also one of the most overlooked and undertreated health issues.
If you’ve noticed a decline in your hearing ability, it’s important to schedule an appointment with a hearing care provider in your area. If they determine you have hearing loss, hearing aids are a common recommendation of treatment...
Ear protection isn’t something to just pick without thinking about it. Your hearing is a sense that you shouldn’t ignore, and you should be ensuring that you head to your regular audiologist appointments to discuss the best avenues for ear protection...
If you’ve ever heard a consistent ringing, buzzing or hissing noise in your ears, then there’s a good chance that you’ve developed tinnitus.