Hearing Blog

March 3rd is World Hearing Day! This global call to action is organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is focused on raising awareness about hearing loss. Did you know that hearing loss is the third most common (chronic) health issue that people experience in the United States? Impacting over 48 million people, the prevalence of hearing loss is twice as common as diabetes or cancer. Though hearing loss is common, it tends to...

Aging can be a difficult process. however, when you stay on top of your health, or have others around to help you do so, you can age with grace, enjoying many aspects that life has to offer. This includes keeping up with your heart health, bone health and eating a healthy diet. One aspect of health which often goes undiagnosed as we age is hearing loss. One in three 65 and older struggle with hearing...

Do you remember your dreams? Some people can recall the vivid places they travel to and the places their subconscious leads them. Meanwhile, some people wake up in the morning with no recollection of the places they’ve been while they were in the dream world. Nonetheless, whether you remember your dreams or not, everyone dreams. It’s important for your brain’s health.  There are four stages of sleep that the brain enters multiple times in a...

We commonly think of sleep as a time where the brain and body shut down and does not receive or process information from the external environment. But the brain is actually more active during sleep than we think. Throughout the duration of sleep, we move through several sleep cycles which include different stages and in some of these stages, the brain is more active and is able to hear and process sound – even though...