Hearing Blog

Do you work every day in a noisy environment? The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that an estimated 22 million workers in the United States face exposure to hazardous noise at work each year. You may not think this is a big issue, but when noise reaches a certain level, it can cause noise-induced hearing loss – a permanent condition with far-reaching side effects. With hearing protection, the effects of loud noise can be...

It has been a long pandemic. Since early 2020, we’ve experienced the closing of movie theaters, restaurants, and sporting events. For music lovers, it has been an especially serious blow as music venues across the country temporarily shut down. However, with vaccines, boosters, and numbers dropping across the country as well as the severity of the majority of cases, we are also having chances to return to the live music we’ve missed so dearly. However,...

Do you have a friend or family member with hearing loss? Maybe you yourself have been struggling to follow conversations, or can’t hear in places with a lot of background noise. While you’ve come to realize that hearing loss is no walk in the park, one thing we don’t address often enough is the importance of protect our hearing before we experience hearing loss. Noise induced hearing loss is far more common than you might...

Are you a big sports fan? Whether it’s football or baseball, your favorite sports events are extremely loud affairs, with cheering fans, blaring music, loud announcements, and you and your friends shouting encouragement to your favorite players. However, no matter how much you’re enjoying the game, you’ve forgotten one important thing: you are risking your hearing health. Noise Induced Hearing Loss With the endless battle between fans to see who can be the loudest, these...