Nearly 30 million Americans, or 13% of the population, have hearing loss in both ears. This may range from minor hearing problems to pure deafness. Regardless of the severity of the problem, however, hearing loss …
Is Getting a Hearing Aid Worth the Cost?
Are you letting the cost of hearing aids hold you back? Perhaps you are not seeing the big picture then. The right hearing product opens up the world to you and lowers your risk of some complex …
Can You Hear Me Now?
If you have hearing loss, you are not alone. According to recent survey estimates, about 10 percent of people in the United States have difficulty hearing. Most of these people – about 65 percent – are under …
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… How Hearing Aids Can Turn You into a Superhero!
Faster at hearing quiet sounds in a noisy environment! More powerful than a television blaring at full volume! Able to follow a conversation in a single bound! Look in that ear! It’s a bird! It’s …
4 Things to Consider When Reading a Hearing Aid Review
If you are like 61 percent of all consumers, you read online reviews before you purchase a product. If you are in the market for your first hearing aid or a replacement, you will probably read at …
History of Hearing Aids
Hearing aids have had a long history. In 1588, Giovanni Battista Porta was the first to mention hearing aids in his book Natural Magick, in which he describes wooden hearing aids carved to look like ears belonging …
4 Signs that You Should Invest in Hearing Protection
Are the things you do every day hurting your ears? Noise-induced hearing loss means the sensitive components of the inner ear are suffering irrevocable damage from exposure to sound. The noise you hear is actually a wavelike …
Why We Love Hearing Aids (And You Should Too!)
We love hearing aids – and you should too – because of the way hearing aids improve the quality of life for those with minor to severe hearing loss. Eight out of ten hearing aid …
How to Have “The Talk” With Your Parents: Talking About Hearing Loss
It’s hard to watch the aging process affect the ones you love. By age 65, one in three people suffers from hearing loss, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America. This can be a …
7 Common Misconceptions About Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is the third most common physical problem in this country. The idea that everyone with hearing loss knows that they have hearing loss is just one in many myths that accompany this ailment. Since many …