Hearing aids can make all the difference to your day-to-day life when you have hearing loss. Once you have your aid and its fitted and working, you’ll experience a world of benefits. But, as with anything that undergoes regular use, your hearing aids may be subject to wear, tear and some faults or damage over […]
Experiences of hearing loss can impact your life in many ways. You may find that you need to invest in specialist equipment to help you communicate with others and hear what is going on around you. You may have to adapt certain elements of your lifestyle to accommodate the hearing loss. It is relatively easy […]
Everybody wants a good night’s sleep. Hitting eight hours each night can leave you well rested, energized and ready for the day ahead. But there are so many factors that can impact not only how long you sleep, but the quality of sleep you’re getting too. One factor that many of us struggle with is […]
There are likely many days when you want to use your headphones or earbuds and listen to music or to drown out the noise around you. However, have you ever considered if headphones or earbuds are bad for your health and a health risk overall? While they’re wonderful and useful, there may be reasons to […]
Hearing loss has long been associated with the aging process. Understandably so as it is estimated one in three adults over 65 has age-related hearing loss. Age-related hearing loss is typically caused by changes in the inner ear, middle ear or along the nerve pathways to the brain. Other causes of age-related hearing loss can […]
Hearing loss is often viewed as an inconvenience or frustration for those who have it and for the loved ones of those with hearing loss. However, the consequences of hearing loss can be far greater than having to repeat yourself or getting irritated by the inability to hear. There is an established link between hearing […]
Millions of people across the country experience tinnitus – a condition characterized by a persistent ringing or humming in the ears. Tinnitus is often transient – that is, it only lasts a few minutes, hours or days. However, for some patients, it is chronic, meaning that it goes on indefinitely. Tinnitus is a strange condition […]
We tend to believe that hearing loss is something that inevitably happens as we get older. The aging process, we say, is the primary reason why we struggle to hear the sounds around us. But research paints a different picture. Yes, aging is a major contributing factor to hearing loss, but it is not the […]
Hearing aids are a wonderful invention. They allow people from all over the world to hear after going once again through a few issues regarding their ears. Using either vibrations or small speakers, these devices can enhance the lives of so many people. The enrichment of being able to hear again cannot be understated. If […]
Everyone knows that no two humans on the planet have the same fingerprints. But unfortunately, it’s not as commonly known that the same applies to our ears. The set-up is the same, of course, but there are things to contend with, such as hair growth, skin condition, width and depth of ear canal – the […]
