How Age Can Impact Hearing

How Age Can Impact Hearing

Your ears give you access to the many wonderful sounds in the world: a symphony, the songs of birds, the laughter of children and the purling of water in a stream. As you age, though, you might experience a loss in your ability to hear the full range of sounds. This...
Swimmer’s Ear

Swimmer’s Ear

Swimmer’s ear is a common problem affecting both adults and children. Symptoms of an ear infection from swimming present similarly to those of an inner ear infection, and children can experience considerable discomfort until beginning treatment. People need to be...
Protecting Your Hearing as a Musician

Protecting Your Hearing as a Musician

Being a musician is among the most common dreams or aspirations of young people. While they might want the fame and fortune of record label discovery, they rarely consider the risk music can pose to their health, especially hearing. Safe sounds include a range of...
Occupational Hearing Loss

Occupational Hearing Loss

According to the CDC, chronic hearing loss is a big problem among adults. It’s the third most common chronic physical condition that affects U.S. adults after hypertension and arthritis. The CDC reports that about 24% of hearing loss among adult workers is due to...
How Hearing Loss Affects Mental Health

How Hearing Loss Affects Mental Health

Most types of hearing loss have organic causes. Problems may develop with inner or middle ear structures. Neurological issues can also affect how our brains convert and interpret sound data received by our ears. But how do such conditions affect our mental and...
Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

Americans Soon To Benefit From Affordable Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids The Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 recently gained full implementation. This result comes five years after Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) first sponsored the bill. A final rule by the...