6 Ways to Lose Your Hearing
The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t seem to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the ability to clearly hear them. We don’t stop…
How to Read Your Audiogram at Your Hearing Test
You have just concluded your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now coming into the room and provides you with a graph, like the one above, except that it has…
Avoiding the Biggest Mistake in Treating Your Hearing Loss
Do you remember the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetic wristbands that vowed to supply instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic diseases? Well, you won’t see…
The Health Benefits of Better Hearing
It’s often said that we don’t fully appreciate the things we have until they’re gone, and this appears to be particularly true of our ability to hear. Hearing loss is…
A Short Biography of Raymond Carhart, the “Father of Audiology”
Most people are surprised to hear how young the profession of audiology really is, and just how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if…
Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Treat Your Hearing Loss
We all put things off, routinely talking ourselves out of stressful or unpleasant activities in favor of something more pleasant or fun. Distractions are all around as we tell ourselves…
Finding Financial Assistance for Your Hearing Aids
The adage “you get what you pay for” is especially true of hearing aids, and while present day hearing aids are engineered to be more effective than ever, they’re not…
Professional musicians at greater risk of developing hearing loss
Popularity, wealth, and screaming fans — these are a couple of the words and phrases you’d choose in order to describe the lifestyle of a professional musician. In spite of…
The Surprising Statistics Behind Occupational Hearing Loss
It’s typical to think of hearing loss as an inescapable problem linked with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s constant use of iPods. But the…
5 Reasons Why People Deny Hearing Loss
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a professional diagnosis, despite the reality that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are very…