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05/27/21

Tips to Ease Communication with Face Masks & Hearing Loss

The world has transformed in the last year, and we are now quite acclimated to wearing face masks in public spaces. Despite our acceptance of the inevitability of wearing masks for the time being, that doesn’t make it any easier to communicate with them. With limited visual and acoustic information, masks can make it hard for anyone to carry on a conversation. Yet the real challenge is posed to those with untreated hearing loss. Relying...
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05/15/21

Supporting a Loved One with Hearing Loss

If you have a loved one with hearing loss, you might wonder if there’s anything you can really do to help. The experience of hearing loss is intensely personal, working on the physical, mental, emotional, and social levels of our lives in ways that only the individual can fully understand. Although you might sometimes feel at a loss for how you can help your loved one, there are practical steps you can take to make...
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05/05/21

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month

Connections with our communities come in many shapes and sizes. In some cases, we connect over shared interests or common bonds. In other cases, we connect through our differences. For over a century, sociologists have pondered these different ways that our communities work together. Indeed, the things we share, such as culture, language, tastes, morals, and beliefs, can bring us together through a common identity. However, our complimentary traits make it possible to work together...
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04/27/21

Can Air Pollution Affect Our Hearing Abilities?

Hearing loss is one of the most pervasive medical conditions that people experience today. Impacting nearly 48 people million, an estimated 1 in 5 people have some degree of hearing loss according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Hearing loss can be caused by a variety of factors including existing medical conditions, genetic history, environmental exposure to loud noise, and aging. In addition to these factors, recent research shows that air...
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