How Hearing Aids Can Strengthen Your Friendships
Presbycusis, also known as age-related hearing loss, is a common form of hearing loss among older adults. Nearly 25% of individuals aged between 65 and 74 experience significant hearing loss. This can make it challenging to converse with friends and family, sometimes making it difficult to connect with others. Hearing aids, equipped with advanced technologies…
What Is Musical Ear?
Hearing music in your ear that you can’t attribute to an external source may be a little alarming at first. Learning about the potential reasons you may be experiencing this phenomenon is a great way to alleviate your stress. Musical ear is one such reason why you may hear musical sounds, harmonics, melodies or rhythms…
What to Know About Tinnitus During Pregnancy
Tinnitus, ringing or buzzing in one or both ears, is a common side effect during pregnancy. It affects one in three pregnant women and is the most common ear symptom experienced by women during pregnancy. If you’ve noticed a ringing in your ears or are experiencing hearing problems during a lunch date to Cox Cafe, schedule an…
Can Viruses Cause Permanent Hearing Loss?
More than 1.5 billion people have hearing loss. Common hearing loss causes include age, loud noise exposure, physical trauma and viruses or illnesses. What Viruses and Illnesses Cause Hearing Loss Hearing loss from a virus may be due to damage to the cochlea from high fever or another aspect of the virus itself. Viruses and…
How to Protect Your Ears While Woodworking
Loud noise exposure is one of the most preventable causes of hearing loss, but there are certain noisy professions where it can be difficult to avoid. Woodworking is one profession where you may find yourself consistently exposed to hazardous noise levels. Hearing loss can impact many aspects of your life by reducing the ease of…
Can Medications Cause Hearing Loss?
Medications that can cause hearing loss and tinnitus are called ototoxic drugs. More than 200 known ototoxic medications used to treat serious infections, cancer and heart disease are on the market today. While some cases of hearing loss from ototoxic drugs can be reversed when the medication is discontinued, it is not guaranteed, and damage…
How Are Hearing Loss and Balance Related?
Hearing loss can, at times, be a stressful experience. It can negatively impact mental and physical health, communication, relationships and even balance. Hearing aids can help alleviate the side effects of hearing loss by providing speech amplification, reducing background noise, managing tinnitus and improving balance. Let’s look at how hearing loss affects balance and how…
The Cost of Untreated Hearing Loss? $980 Billion Globally
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately 1.5 billion people, or 20% of the global population, have hearing loss. Of this total, 430 million have disabling hearing loss—though this number is expected to grow to 700 million people by the year 2050. And what is the estimated global cost of hearing loss? It’s $980…
How To Enjoy Summer Barbecues with Hearing Loss
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports, “Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.” If you’re among this population and you’re planning to host or attend barbecues at Washington Park on College Street this summer, you may be wondering how you can make the…
Tips for Avoiding Hearing Loss this Spring
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “An estimated 12.5% of children and adolescents aged 6–19 years (approximately 5.2 million) and 17% of adults aged 20–69 years (approximately 26 million) have suffered permanent damage to their hearing from excessive exposure to noise.” During the spring months, you may be especially subjected to…
