Since 1983, every November has been celebrated as National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. This month is a time to learn more about Alzheimer’s Disease, from symptoms to causes, and to learn more about the ways to …
Protecting Your Child’s Hearing at School
Your kids have been back to school for a few weeks, and you’ve been enjoying some time to yourself again. You prepped your kids for school with new clothes and their long list of school …
As an Invisible Disability, Hearing Loss Often Goes Ignored
While hearing loss is becoming more common, it often goes ignored. Some people don’t realize they have hearing loss, or think that their hearing loss is normal for their age. Others are in denial, and …
Noise Pollution in US National Parks
Noise pollution isn’t just an issue in big cities, and even in the countryside, peaceful nature sounds are becoming much harder to hear. Noise is all around us, from small towns to farmers fields and …
All About Assistive Listening Devices
Whether you’ve just started using hearing aids or have been wearing hearing devices for a long time, you know that they can make all the difference when it comes to following conversations, enjoying music, or …
“Make Listening Safe” with the World Health Organization
If you’re a parent with teenagers, you’re familiar with the sight of your kids with earbuds in their ears or draped around their necks. They can’t seem to live without their music, and are always …
A New App Helps People with Hearing Loss Travel
Do you have a fall getaway planned? Are you excited to spend some quality time with family or friends exploring a new place, or can’t wait to spend a week relaxing by yourself at the …
Data Show Increase in Hearing Loss in Oil and Gas Drilling Sector
Anyone working a noisy job knows that hearing loss is all too common in certain sectors. Those working in manufacturing, farming, law enforcement, or construction is more likely to suffer from noise induced hearing loss …
Hearing Loss and Tinnitus are Found after Certain Chemo Treatments
For anyone who’s gone through chemotherapy, you know what an exhausting process it can be. You survived cancer and an intensive treatment process, but you’re still dealing with the effects of nausea, fatigue, loss of …
How Entertainers Can Do More For People with Hearing Loss
People with hearing loss often doesn’t enjoy music in the same way as those who can hear clearly. Whether you are deaf, hard of hearing, or simply don’t hear as well as you used to, …