Listening Fatigue: How to Recognize and Overcome It
Do you ever have those days when even simple things like a conversation with your coworker or dinner with your family at La Fia Bistro leaves you feeling more tired than usual? It happens to all of us. But for individuals with hearing loss, there’s an additional factor that contributes to this exhaustion: listening fatigue….
Sound Enrichment Therapy Devices To Manage Your Tinnitus
Many people love sleeping with the fan on because it promotes a sense of calm, covers traffic noise and keeps the air cool. The sense of calm you receive from the white noise of a box fan is similar to the theory behind sound enrichment therapy for tinnitus symptoms. Sound enrichment therapy refers to the…
What to Know About Ear Piercings and Hearing
Ear piercing is a popular form of self-expression in which jewelry is displayed along various parts of the ear. The lobe is the safest and most common part of the ear to have pierced, but piercings along other parts of the ear are gaining popularity. You may be curious how ear piercings from places like…
What Connects Hearing Loss and Arthritis?
A 2018 study analyzing the population-based insurance claims data from the Taiwan National Insurance Research Database compared 18,267 newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with 73,068 controls without RA to establish whether a connection between hearing loss and RA could be established. The study found that patients with RA were at a higher risk of…
Hearing Loss in Young Adults is More Common Than You Might Think
Hearing loss is often associated with old age. While it’s true that the condition becomes more common the older we get, young adults can experience hearing loss as well. Oftentimes, hearing loss in younger people is associated with exposure to loud noise. Noise Exposure Causing Hearing Loss in Young Adults The Centers for Disease Control…
Make The Most of a Night Out with Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic conditions in the United States, and it becomes more common with age. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) states that, “About 2% of adults aged 45 to 54 have disabling hearing loss. The rate increases to 8.5% for adults aged 55 to…
How Untreated Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Mood
There are many great reasons to treat your hearing loss. One of the best reasons is that doing so can help improve your mood and help minimize feelings of loneliness and depression. Untreated Hearing Loss Affects Your Ability to Connect With Others It makes sense that hearing loss can affect your mood. Speech is one…
How To Build The Best Relationship With Your Audiologist
Hearing loss is extremely common. Examinations of trends in hearing aid ownership show that participants 70 years and older who own and use hearing aids rose from 15% in 2011 to 18.5% in 2018. This widespread use of hearing aids can help inform and bolster you to take ownership of your unique journey. One of…
Technology May Put Kids & Teens at Risk of Hearing Loss
Though many people associate hearing loss with advanced age, anyone of any age can experience this condition. As a matter of fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “An estimated 12.5% of children and adolescents aged 6–19 years (approximately 5.2 million) have suffered permanent damage to their hearing from excessive exposure to…
Ways to Support a Coworker with Hearing Loss
Whether you realize it or not, it is statistically likely you work with someone who has hearing loss. In fact, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, “Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.” We review ways you can support a coworker with…