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What’s the Difference Between Hearing Aids and Hearing Amplifiers?
There are currently more than 1.5 billion people worldwide living with hearing loss. Of those 1.5 billion people, 430 million have disabling hearing loss of greater than 35 decibels in the better hearing ear. If…
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How Can Bluetooth® Hearing Aids Improve Your Daily Life?
Approximately 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from the use of hearing aids. These remarkable devices connect you with the world by collecting and amplifying sounds to enhance communication and understanding. While all hearing aids…
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Can Loud Toys Damage Hearing?
The potential risk that children’s toys can pose to their hearing health is often overlooked. Many of these toys produce loud noises that, over time, could be harmful to their long-term hearing health. Harmful Effects…
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How Can You Manage Tinnitus at Work?
Tinnitus is ringing or buzzing in one or both ears when no actual sound is present. The National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) estimates it impacts approximately 10% of the U.S. population.…
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How Are Migraines and Tinnitus Connected?
Tinnitus is a ringing, buzzing, roaring or clicking noise in the ears that cannot be perceived from the outside. A common condition, tinnitus, is estimated to affect between 15% and 20% of people. A migraine…
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Tips for Using Hearing Aids With an Active Lifestyle
Hearing loss doesn’t have to stop you from kayaking, biking, running, hiking at Franklin Mountain State Park or climbing at a local gym. Hearing aids can help you continue to enjoy an active lifestyle. Approximately…
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Tips to Avoid Losing or Damaging Your Hearing Aids
Losing important items is a part of being human. Most people know what it’s like to lose their keys, phone, wallet or purse, and hearing aids are no exception. Currently, more than 1.5 billion people…
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Tips for Planning a Cruise with Hearing Aids
If you’re one of the 7.1% of adults aged 45 and over who uses a hearing aid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), you know that hearing loss impacts many aspects…
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What Are Common Causes of Pediatric Hearing Loss?
You may be surprised to learn that one in five children has some degree of hearing loss by the time they are 18 years old. As is the case with adults, hearing loss in children…
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What Is Cookie Bite Hearing Loss?
Cookie bite hearing loss is also known as mid-range hearing loss. It gets its odd name from the fact that if you have mid-range hearing loss, your audiogram results will be shaped like the letter…
