Hearing Blog

If you use hearing aids to treat your hearing loss, making plans for unexpected disasters and weather emergencies can be challenging if you are not taking the appropriate precautions. Messages of emergency preparedness and weather awareness are often disseminated through radio and television announcements. It is important that this information be visible to accommodate people with different hearing disabilities. From a natural disaster to unexpected emergencies in the home, the need to plan, practice, and...

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...

If someone you know is experiencing hearing loss, they are likely going through many intense changes in all aspects of their life. When your family member is experiencing hearing loss, conversations can be difficult to follow, it can feel impossible to be in crowded spaces, and otherwise “simple” or normal activities such as watching TV or having a one-on-one conversation with a loved one can become difficult. Hearing loss can deeply impact their abilities to...