Hearing Health Blog

You want to be courteous when you are talking with friends. At work, you want to look involved, even enthralled with what your manager/colleagues/customers are saying. You regularly find yourself asking family to repeat themselves because it was less difficult to tune out parts of the conversation that you weren’t able to hear very well. […]

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You’re having a Zoom call with your granddaughter and you’ve been looking forward to it all week! You’ll be able to get caught up, check-in, and, laugh. But when you get online you realize, to your horror and disappointment, that you can’t hear properly. You’re wearing your hearing aids but things still sound muffled. You […]

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Crackling in your ear? Crackling, buzzing, “static”, or whooshing noises in your ear can all be indications of a condition known as tinnitus. Here’s what you need to know. Ever hear crackling, buzzing, or thumping sounds that seem to come from nowhere? If you have hearing aids, it may mean that they need to be […]

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As we get older we begin to have trouble hearing clearly and we typically just accept it as a normal part of aging. Perhaps we start turning up the volume on the TV or keep asking our grandkids to speak up when they’re talking to us, or maybe we start forgetting things? Loss of memory […]

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You’re a fairly busy person, so it’s understandable that you totally forgot about the hearing test you have scheduled for tomorrow. Thankfully, you just received that reminder text from us, and you still have a few hours to get ready. So… what should you do? Hearing tests aren’t like back in college or high school […]

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You’ve got a lively summer planned. You’re certainly going to hit the beach and maybe go for a swim. You’ll do some day-to-day jogging and then maybe take in a baseball game or two before heading home and grilling up some tasty dinner. Your schedule is going to be pretty full. And you want to […]

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Keep your eyes on the road. While this might be sound advice, how about your other senses? Your ears, for example, are doing a lot of work while you’re driving, helping you keep track of other vehicles, alerting you to info on your dashboard, and keeping you engaged with the other individuals in your vehicle. […]

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When should you get a hearing test? Here are four clues that you should get your hearing checked. I guess my TV is frequently turned up to the point where my kids recently complained. And guess what my reply was. I said, “What”? It was humorous. Because it was a joke. But, in reality, it […]

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The buzzing in your ear keeps getting worse. It began quietly enough, one of those “is it really there” kind of situations. But you’ve noticed how loud and constant the tinnitus noises have become after an entire day on the job at a construction site. At times, it sounds like ringing or other noises. You […]

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Your last family get-together was frustrating. Not because of any intra-family drama (though there’s always a little bit of that). No, the cause of the stress was simple: it was noisy, and you couldn’t hear anything. So you didn’t get the opportunity to ask about Dave’s new cat or Sally’s new job. It was frustrating. […]

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