Hearing Health Blog

Communicating in the presence of hearing loss can be trying—for each party. For people with hearing loss, limited hearing can be stressful and draining, and for their conversation companions, the frequent repeating can be just as taxing. However, the difficulty can be alleviated as long as both parties assume responsibility for profitable communication. Since communication […]

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Have you ever suffered extreme mental exhaustion? Perhaps you felt this way after finishing the SAT examination, or after concluding any test or task that called for rigorous concentration. It’s like running a marathon in your head—and when you’re finished, you just want to crash. A similar experience happens in those with hearing loss, and […]

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In 2013, Johns Hopkins University researcher and epidemiologist Dr. Frank Lin led a study which was the first to examine the potential consequence of hearing loss on mental performance. Research volunteers with hearing loss took repeated cognitive assessments, used to evaluate memory and thinking skills, over the length of six years. Hearing tests were also […]

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You’ve most likely never noticed, but on the back of any package of cotton swabs there’s a written warning that is some variation of this: “Caution: Do not enter the ear canal with this product. Penetrating the ear canal could lead to injury.” If you have a package of cotton swabs nearby, go take a […]

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The curious thing regarding hearing loss is that, statistically, if you have it, you more than likely won’t acknowledge it or seek treatment for at least five to seven years—possibly longer. The statistics: 20 percent of the US population, or 48 million individuals, have some extent of hearing loss. Of those with hearing loss, only […]

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Have you ever taken a course, or attended a lecture, where the ideas were presented so rapidly or in so complex a fashion that you learned practically nothing? If yes, your working memory was most likely overloaded beyond its total capacity. The limits of working memory We all process information in three steps: 1) sensory […]

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If hearing loss is the invisible disability, then sound is the invisible hazard. Without even being alert to it, the sounds we subject ourselves to might be producing permanent hearing loss that grows irreversibly year after year. Who’s in danger of hearing loss? An average conversation registers at a volume of around 60 decibels. City […]

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Hearing aid guides are not uncommon, but the majority are not exactly reader-friendly, either. Most are simply too long or complex, generating more perplexity rather than less. My guess is that you’re a great deal less interested in the physiology of hearing or in the particulars of acoustical engineering and a lot more interested in […]

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Technology changes fast: in 2005, the typical 40-inch flat screen TV would have cost you in excess of $1,500. Now, 10 years later, you can purchase a 40-inch flat screen TV for about $230. The same has taken place with hearing aids, even though it’s more likely to escape our recognition. We take note that […]

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Hearing loss is identified as the invisible disability for a reason. No one can view or observe your hearing loss, and no one can sense your difficulty and stress. The only thing people can experience is their OWN aggravation when they have to repeat themselves. Sadly, those with hearing loss rarely get the benefit of […]

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