Is Hearing Loss in Your Family Genes?
We all know that injuries, noise exposure and selected illnesses can result in hearing loss, but are your genes involved? The answer to this question is ‚Yes. Genetic abnormalities actually lay…
5 Unhealthy Habits That Can Cause Hearing Loss
While some people understood that there are bonds between your hearing health and your total health, the significance of this idea is often downplayed. After all, damage that occurs in…
Be Safe: What All Marching Band Members Need to Know about the Risks for Hearing Loss
Some six million teenagers nationwide suffer some type of loss of hearing, and this number has increased considerably over the last 20 years. Besides the use of high-volume portable music…
Symptoms of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss comes in many forms – it might develop gradually (for example, due to aging) or all of a sudden (due to an accident or trauma). The hearing loss itself…
10 Ways Good Hearing can Help Keep Seniors Young
It’s no stretch of the imagination to think that all our systems are interconnected but did you know that your hearing health is correlated to your overall youth and vitality?…
How Amateur and Professional Musicians Can Prevent Long Term NIHL
What do Phil Collins, Brian Wilson, Barbra Streisand, and Ludwig van Beethoven have in common, besides all being musicians? As a result of years of performing, they all have permanent hearing…
Examining the Links Between Dementia and Hearing Impairment
For people reading this who have suffered some type of hearing impairment, do you ever find yourself having to work really hard to understand what is being said to you or around…
Hearing Health Research Update – Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration
A number of the conditions that cause hearing loss for our patients cannot be reversed which is frustrating for our hearing specialists. Damage to the tiny, very sensitive hair cells of the…
The Astounding Truth About Children and Hearing Loss
Whether you are young or old, you may experience hearing loss. According to experts at the Academy of Audiology, nearly 12% of younger kids from age 6 through the teen years…
Hearing Loss and Diabetes Now Linked
Astoundingly, diabetes and hearing loss at the top in terms of two health concerns in the United States, advises the American Diabetes Association. Did you know that 30 million people…