It’s a common first response – denial. Of course, my loved one’s hearing loss isn’t as advanced as it seems. She’s not old enough for a hearing aid. It’s possible, the both of you have begun to joke around with each other about it. She is always asking you to repeat what you said. You […]
Finally, it’s summertime!! That means it’s time to go out and enjoy all the fun activities that the season has to provide. But keep the health of your hearing in mind before you go out for a day on the beach, a rocking concert, or maybe a great backyard barbecue. When you’re out enjoying summer, […]
Remember when you used to be able to find those gallon buckets of ice cream at the supermarket? As a kid, they were the best thing ever because they offered a whole gallon of ice cream, that’s a lot of frozen custard and high-fructose corn syrup! But as you get older, you start to get […]
Don’t forget to wash your ears. Whenever you say that, you inescapably use your “parent voice”. Perhaps when you were a kid you even remember your parents telling you to do it. That’s the kind of memory that can take you back to simpler times as you wrap yourself in the nostalgia of youth. But […]
Do you know what a cyborg is? You probably imagine a half human, half machine when you think of a cyborg, particularly if you enjoy science fiction movies (these characters are typically cleverly utilized to touch on the human condition). You can get some truly fantastic cyborgs in Hollywood. But actually, somebody wearing something as […]
You take care of your hearing aids. Cleaning them every day, you make sure they are safe and comfortable on their charger when you go to bed. But you get pretty distressed when your hearing aids suddenly stop working the way they did once. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take to diagnose the […]
If you’re still wearing your older hearing aids, they may be better than no hearing aids, but they also could be costing you in some ways. Hearing aid technology has advanced a lot in the last few years! It’s gone to digital from analog, for one thing, and there are features today that weren’t even […]
Assistive listening devices and hearing aids can be utilized to treat the common condition of hearing loss. However, hearing loss often goes undiagnosed and unaddressed. This can lead to greater depression rates and feelings of isolation in those who have hearing loss. And these feelings of depression and separation can be enhanced by the breakdown […]
Back in the old days they were known as “books-on-tape”. Back then, obviously, we didn’t even have CDs let alone streaming services. These days, people call them audiobooks (which, to be honest, is a far better name). An audiobook allows you to read a book by, well, listening to it. It’s sort of like when […]
Remember the old tale of Johnny Appleseed? When you were younger you likely heard the tale of how Johnny Appleseed traveled around providing fresh apples to communities (the moral of the story is that apples are healthy, and you should eat them). That’s only partly true. Around the end of the 19th century, Johnny Appleseed […]
