When it comes to picking headphones, the choices can be overwhelming. From headphones that cover your ears to small earbuds that can be slipped into your bag, you can make decisions based on size, style, …
How Treating Hearing Loss Supports Your Brain
Hearing loss affects nearly 48 million Americans of all ages, making it hard to communicate, reducing quality of life, and affecting overall health and wellbeing. Seniors are especially at risk, with half of adults over …
Subtle Hearing Loss While Young Could Change Your Brain Function
You might think nothing of turning up the volume on your headphones or watching your favorite band from a front row seat. Maybe you love watching a ball game at the stadium packed with cheering …
Healthy diet may stave off age-related hearing loss for women
You know that your diet is important for your overall health, and to prevent chronic illnesses and diseases. Some foods lower cholesterol levels, control insulin, boost our immune systems, or just make us feel better. …
Poor Nutrition in Childhood May Cause Hearing Loss
Eating your daily dose of fruits and vegetables is important, especially if you’re a growing child. A healthy diet keeps your body and mind healthy, gives you energy, and helps you concentrate and focus on …
Ease Tinnitus with Meditation
One of the earliest signs of hearing loss is often tinnitus, that annoying or painful ringing or buzzing in your ears. You’ve experienced the frustration of a sleepless night, kept awake by sounds that are …
Hearing Aids Mitigate Cognitive Decline in Older People
Struggling with hearing loss is no joke but misunderstanding what’s being said isn’t the worst of it. Living with untreated hearing loss leads to a host of other negative health outcomes, like stress, social isolation, …
Using Data to Make Cities More Accessible
Have you ever planned a visit to a local museum only to find they don’t have assistive listening technology? Or maybe you arrived for a family dinner at a nice restaurant only to discover it’s …
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Keep You from Communicating
Being human is all about communicating. We talk to our loved ones, we meet our friends for drinks, and we socialize with our coworkers. But if you’re one of the nearly 40 million Americans suffering …
Why You Should Talk about Hearing at Your Next Physical
Are you one of those people that looks after your health, and goes for a yearly physical to make sure everything is ok? That’s great! It’s recommended that adults over the age of 50 have …