Hearing Loss Articles

Want to take all the fun out of your next family gathering? Start to talk about dementia. Dementia is not a subject most people are actively seeking to discuss, mainly because it’s pretty scary. A degenerative mental disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your mental faculties, dementia causes you to lose […]

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Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. It likely seems like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holiday season. That’s the appeal (and, some might say, the curse) of the holiday season. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to learn what everyone’s […]

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There are other symptoms of a cold that are less common than the widely recognized runny nose. Occasionally, a cold can move into one or more ears, though you rarely hear about those. While you may generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom should never be dismissed. What does a cold […]

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There are lots of commonly known causes of hearing loss, but not many people recognize the dangers that certain chemicals pose to their hearing. While there are several groups of people at risk, individuals in industries such as textiles, petroleum, automotive, plastics, and metal fabrication have increased exposure. Being aware of what these harmful chemicals […]

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Aiden loves music. He listens to Spotify while at work, switches to Pandora while jogging, and he has a playlist for everything: gaming, cooking, gym time, and everything else. Everything in his life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But the very thing that Aiden loves, the loud, immersive music, might be […]

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Because you’re so cool, you were in the front row for the entire rock concert last night. It’s fun, though it’s not good for your ears which will be ringing when you wake up in the morning. (That’s not as enjoyable.) But what happens if you can only hear out of one ear when you […]

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Summertime has some activities that are just staples: Outdoor concerts, fireworks shows, state fairs, air shows, and NASCAR races (look, if you like watching cars drive around in circles, no one’s going to judge you). As more of these activities return to something resembling normal, the crowds, and the decibel levels, are getting larger. And […]

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In conversation with friends, you want to be courteous. At work, you want to appear engaged, even enthralled with what your boss/co-worker/customers are talking about. With family, you might find it easier to just tune out the conversation and ask the person next to you to repeat what you missed, just a bit louder, please. […]

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Hearing loss is usually accepted as just a normal part of the aging process: as we age, we begin to hear things a little less clearly. Maybe we begin to turn the volume up on the TV or keep asking our grandchildren to speak up when they’re talking to us, or perhaps we begin forgetting […]

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Don’t take your eyes off the road. Of course, it’s good advice, but it doesn’t speak to your other senses. For example, think about the amount of work your ears are doing when you’re driving. You’re using your ears to connect with other people in your vehicle, call your attention to important information appearing on […]

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