Hearing Blog

We all know that water and fragile electronics don’t mix. This could not be truer for hearing aids. You’ve made a big investment in your hearing when you started using your new hearing aids. It’s important to understand how to care for them so you can use them for a long time. No matter how careful we are mistakes are bound to happen, especially with a device like a hearing aid that you take with...

If you know someone with Alzheimer’s disease, you may have witnessed some of the things that are go on with this condition. Yet, none of us can get inside the head of someone with Alzheimer’s disease and experience first-hand the deterioration of cognition, memory, and social understanding that person is going through. We do know that memories fade, often sending a person into a distant moment of the past – maybe even childhood. We can...

Hearing loss is the third most common health problem in the U.S, and it can affect the quality of your life and relationships. About 48 million Americans have lost some hearing. Certain conditions, including age, illness, and genetics, may play a role in hearing loss. Modern life has added a host of ear-damaging elements to the list, including certain medications and plenty of sources of loud, ongoing noise. Unfortunately, people wait an average of seven years before getting hearing aids...

Do you struggle with tinnitus? If you’ve been living with that annoying ringing or buzzing in your ears, you may be worried that it will start to affect your hearing health. While it’s a myth that tinnitus causes hearing loss, the two conditions are very closely related, and if you have tinnitus you probably also have hearing loss. What is Tinnitus? Are you hearing a ringing, buzzing, whistling, rushing, hissing, roaring, or humming sound in...