Ringing, hissing, clicking, or humming sounds in your ears is annoying. Occasionally, all people will hear these noises, especially after being exposed to loud noises like at a concert. For some, these noises are mild and temporary. But for some people, these noises are a constant source of long-term frustration. The medical term for ringing Read more..
Are Your Hearing Aid Batteries Dying Too Fast?
You’re at the theater for the movie you’ve been waiting months to see, and suddenly it’s hard to hear what’s going on, and you miss the plot. Or maybe you’re having a fun dinner out with friends or family, and you can’t hear the conversation. You’re annoyed, frustrated, and sad that you’ve missed out on Read more..
7 Things to Avoid When Experiencing Tinnitus
Tinnitus is one of the most common conditions around the world. Often described as a ringing or buzzing in the ears, tinnitus can often lead to hearing loss. When you have tinnitus, many things can make those sounds worse. It is essential to try and avoid these activities to preserve your hearing loss. Here are Read more..
Hearing Aid Dryers – Keeping Your Hearing Aids Sanitary
The humidity in the air and water can damage electronics. This is no surprise. But precisely what causes so much damage to electronic devices? Well, it turns out that what harms these devices is not the actual water itself. The microscopic impurities in the water create ions that connect two critical contacts in your electronic Read more..
How Do Antibiotics Impact Hearing?
It’s crucial to understand how hearing loss occurs to develop ways to manage it – and eventually prevent it. An aging, noise, or disease-related hearing loss may both be caused by these factors. It is common for older adults who regularly take medicine to develop hearing loss due to “ototoxic” medication. The majority of cases Read more..
What is a Hearing Doctor?
With so many different types of doctors and specialties, it can often be challenging to determine what kind of doctor you need to visit at what time. With many specialists treating various problems, it is essential to know the timing and category or treatment you may need. Those with hearing problems should consider seeing an Read more..
Can Air Pods Improve Hearing?
While many people with hearing loss turn to traditional technologies (such as hearing aids), many are seeking to use emerging technology such as Apple’s AirPods as a replacement. With Apple’s new Headphone Accommodations in Transparency Mode as part of their recent AirPods Pro firmware update, they claim that AirPods now provide some functionality of a Read more..
Hearing Aid Repair – What You Need to Know
While some won’t acknowledge their hearing loss, over 15% of Americans report some sort of hearing loss at a point in their lives. This means that a large portion of the population is worried about their hearing. Approximately one third of people with hearing loss will receive a hearing aid. Hearing aid technology continues to Read more..
Cold and Flu Season Is Here! How to Protect Your Hearing This Winter
No one can argue that the last year has been one of the wildest in the history of medicine. With new cases of COVID-19 popping up every day, the fear and uncertainty surrounding illnesses and how they are spread continues to fester. Now, as we embark upon yet another flu season starting in October, there Read more..
Do Natural Treatments for Tinnitus Work?
Many of us hear noises throughout our daily lives that we may classify as annoying or bothersome. But to those suffering from tinnitus —whether this noise is a ringing, roaring, buzzing, or hissing—the annoying noise is constant and can be heard when there’s no external sound present. This makes it very hard for these people Read more..
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