It is proven that hearing aids can benefit you beyond just improving hearing. Hearing loss affects your social, emotional, psychological and physical well-being. We communicate to build relationships. When hearing loss is left untreated it causes isolation, the perception of not being "with it", or having emotional instability. If you are able to be involved […]
By JANE E. BRODY Yvetta Fedorova Hearing loss, a disability currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation’s most damaging and costly sensory handicap. It is a hidden disability, often not obvious to others or even to those who have it. Its onset is usually insidious, gradually worsening over years […]
Washington, DC — According to a 2011 national study by the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), people with untreated hearing loss lose as much as $30,000 in annual income. As a result, the cost to US tax payers could be as much as $26 billion in unrealized federal tax collections. The BHI study included over 40,000 […]
1. What type of hearing loss do I have? 2. Is it likely to get worse? 3. Would hearing instruments help me? What types are available? 4. How can I use my hearing to my best advantage? 5. What can I do to protect my hearing? 6. Are there precautions I should take in my […]
Tinnitus is generated by neuron activity in the brain, researchers say. Tinnitus, that phantom ringing in the ears that affects millions of people, is generated not by the ear, but by neurons firing in the brain, according to a North American research team. “Tinnitus is not generated by processes in the ear, but by changes […]
According to research out of Saint Louis University School of Medicine and The Ear Institute of Texas, your new Porsche 911 convertible may be exciting, but it can also damage your hearing. The researchers tested five popular convertibles and drove with the top down and wind in their ears at various speeds and measured the […]
American Sign Language (ASL) is now available on mobile apps. The app is called iSign ASL and what makes this app extra cool is that a 3-D character shows you each particular gesture. You can see the movements from different vantage points so you have a more thorough way of grasping each particular sign. This […]
If the key to a happy marriage is good communication, then what happens when you take away the ability to convey thoughts, share feelings, ideas, hear and respond because of hearing loss? The relationship is bound to suffer…sometimes even crumble. According to research, this happens more often than you would think. ALARMING STATISTICS REGARDING HEARING […]
Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Wisconsin have discovered that the protein Bak can be partially responsible for up to 50% of all over 65’s suffering from hearing loss. Millions of tiny sensory hair cells in the inner ear enable you to hear. Age-related hearing loss involves the death of some […]
Before you make your toy purchases, you must know about a few very noisy toys out there. Instead of bringing joy to your children, these toys could give them unwanted, permanent hearing loss. That’s right; many of the toys for children on the market ring in at more than 129 decibels (dB.) That’s well above […]
