Hearing Health Blog

Your workplace has opted to promote teamwork and cooperation by opening up the office floor plan. But this new arrangement has become challenging for you. It’s because the elevated noise is making it hard to follow along with conversation and not because you miss the privacy of cubical walls. Even if established hearing tests indicate […]

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When you start on a course of medication, it’s normal to want to be educated about any potential side effects. Can it trigger digestive problems? Will it dehydrate you? Make you sleepy? There might also be a more serious possible side effect that you may not be aware of – hearing loss. Ototoxicity is the […]

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Muffled hearing can present for a large number of reasons. For most people, it’s a short-term situation. In other cases, muffled hearing can be a harbinger of more significant hearing-related problems. That’s because, in general, hearing loss is a gradually developing condition. Symptoms build slowly and over time. One of the earliest symptoms of slowly […]

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These days, the cellular phone network is a lot more reliable (and there’s a lot less static involved). But in some cases, it will still be difficult to hear what the person on the other end is saying. As a matter of fact, there’s one population for whom using a phone isn’t always a reliable […]

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It’s an unfortunate fact of life that hearing loss is part of the aging process. Approximately 38 million people in the United States suffer from some form of hearing loss, though since hearing loss is expected as we age, many decide to leave it unchecked. Ignoring hearing loss, however, can have serious negative side effects […]

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Otitis media is the medical name for what you probably call an ear infection. Ear infections like this are often seen in babies and young children but they can affect adults, as well, especially during or after a cold or sinus infection. Even a bad tooth can lead to an ear infection. Hearing loss is […]

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There is one component that is crucial to keeping hearing aids cost effective and that’s the batteries. It is one of the largest financial challenges consumers have to deal with when buying hearing aids because the costs of replacing them can add up fast. Usually the batteries die at the worst time which is even […]

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If you are walking around with an old-school ear trumpet in hand, then clearly it’s time for an upgrade. Making that call when you wear conventional hearing aids is trickier, though, so how does one know? You bought your hearing aids ten years ago, and they still get the job done, right? While it may […]

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