Foods that can Prevent Hearing Loss – and Hearing Aids
Everyone knows that hearing health declines as we get on in years, making us more susceptible to hearing damage over time. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. Did…
Are You Doing These 4 Dangerous Things to Your Ears?
Our ears might possibly be our most abused body part. We pierce them, subject them to deafening noise, stuff cotton swabs inside them, and burn them with ear candling. In…
Getting a Hearing Test Just May Help Your Heart
Keeping track of your hearing by getting a hearing test may help you monitor your cardiovascular health, says the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), which is raising awareness of the link between cardiovascular…
6 Ways to Save Your Hearing
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, brought about by exposure to excessive sound levels from personal mp3 devices and very…
Swimmer’s Ear Symptoms and Prevention
Swimmer’s ear, officially referred to as acute external otitis, is an infection of the outer ear canal (the portion outside the eardrum). It was named “swimmer’s ear” because it’s often a…
4 Reasons to Never Use Cotton Swabs to Clean Your Ears
You’ve most likely never noticed, but on the backside of any package of cotton swabs there’s a written warning that is some version of this: “Caution: Do not enter the…
Why Choose a Local Hearing Care Provider?
The hearing healthcare marketplace has two barriers that prevent individuals from acquiring better hearing: The inability to detect hearing loss in the first place (owing to its gradual onset), and…
3 Ways to Extend the Life of Your Hearing Aids
Murphy’s Law tells us that “if anything can go wrong, it will.” A better variant might be that “things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them…
Hearing and Ear Protection Guidance and Tips for the Shooting Range
America’s affinity for guns is practically unique across the globe; we were raised with TV and movies about police and cowboys and heroes who were all carrying guns and shooting…
Custom Hearing Protection Vs. Disposable Earplugs
Just as hearing loss is known as the invisible disability, sound is known as the invisible threat. Without even being mindful of it, the sounds we expose ourselves to might…