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 …
Hearing Impaired Parents, a New App Notifies When Your Baby is Crying — and Why
For all the parents out there, we know you want what’s best for your new baby. You hear your baby’s cries and drop everything to go to your child and find a way to soothe …
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. …
Summer Maintenance Tips for Your Hearing Aids
Summer’s finally here! And with it comes a few new threats to your hearing aids. They’ve been working wonders for you all winter, but summer means there a few new challenges to be aware of, …
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, …
Noise-Canceling Headphones Support Listening with Hearing Aids
Do you love listening to music but find it almost impossible in places with a lot of background noise? Has your sensitivity to loud noises become more pronounced as your hearing loss gets worse? Noise-canceling …
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 …