How to Properly Clean Your Ears
Earwax is a naturally occurring substance that provides a protective barrier against dirt and bacteria and moisturizes the skin of ear canal, preventing dry, itchy ears. Earwax typically works itself out of the ear canal through regular jaw movements when talking or chewing. However, excessive earwax can be unsightly and, in some cases, become impacted, causing…
What is Your Earwax Trying to Disclose About Your Health?
There is more going on with earwax then you might realize. Learn how to decode what your earwax is trying to tell you.
The Unique Problems of Single-Sided Deafness
What happens when you are only able to hear with one ear? It’s a condition called single-sided hearing loss and it does come with some unique challenges.
8 Pieces of Information You Really Need to Know About Earwax
There are likely to be a few things you don’t understand about earwax. After all, it’s not a normal part of a conversation, right? Like what’s the job of this strange sticky substance and why is it made? Consider eight ever so interesting details about cerumen — that’s earwax for most people — that you…
How Do You Think HRT Might Impact Normal Hearing
Menopausal women almost always end up wondering if hormone replacement therapy is the right choice for them. For some, the answer will ultimately be yes because their menopausal symptoms are interfering with their quality of life. While taking therapeutic doses of hormones can certainly help relieve some of those unpleasant side effects, it doesn’t come…
7 “Life Hacks” For Healthy Hearing
Life hack is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as: “A strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one’s time and daily activities in a more efficient way.” Life hacks can help save you both time and money, and some are so simple you’ll ask yourself why you hadn’t previously thought of them. Clever but simple…
Give the Gift of Hearing This Holiday Season
With one out of every five people in the US afflicted with some degree of hearing loss, there’s a good chance you know at the least one individual who has some difficulty hearing. And considering the strong connections amongst healthy hearing and physical, psychological, and social health, the holiday season is the optimal opportunity to…
Become a Better Communicator Despite Hearing Loss
Communication is consistently reported as one of the most—if not the most—crucial factors to strengthening and preserving healthy relationships. According to the PBS program The Emotional Life: “How couples behave when solving problems together or arguing can predict the character and success of their relationship. A raised eyebrow, a hand on the arm, or a…
Why Hearing Aids Make You Happier Than Winning the Lottery
Presuming that you have hearing loss, what’s most likely to make you happy? A) Winning the lottery, or B) Purchasing a new pair of hearing aids It might appear obvious to you that the answer is A, but research on happiness conveys a quite different story. For starters, most people do tend to THINK that…
The Alarming Hearing Loss Statistics You Need to Know About
Far too many times, we hear people claim that hearing loss only applies to “old people,” that it’s just a natural part of growing old, or that it’s generally an uncommon ailment. These statements couldn’t be further from the facts. Here are statistics you should know about: Prevalence of hearing loss in the US Hearing…