Keep your eyes on the road. Naturally, it’s good advice, but it doesn’t speak to your other senses. Your ears, for instance, are doing tons of work while you’re driving, helping you keep track of other vehicles, calling your attention to information on your dashboard, and keeping you connected with the other passengers in your […]
When should you have your hearing tested? You need a hearing test if you have any of these four signs. The other day, my kids complained about how loud my television was. And guess what I said. I said, “What”? It was a joke. I thought it was amusing. But, in some ways, it was […]
The buzzing in your ear keeps getting worse. At first, you could barely hear it. But after spending all day at the construction site (for work), you’ve noticed just how loud (and how persistent) that buzzing has become. These sounds can take many forms, such as ringing, buzzing, or any number of sounds. You don’t […]
The last time you ate dinner with family, you were quite aggravated. Not because of any intra-family drama (though there’s always some of that). No, the source of the stress was simple: it was noisy, and you couldn’t hear anything. So you didn’t get the opportunity to ask about Dave’s new cat or Sally’s new […]
You’ve been looking forward to this day for quite a while. You got your new hearing aids. You’re so excited to be able to jump into your social life again. Now, you won’t be missing elements of conversations or experiencing uncomfortable transitions. But your hearing aids just don’t sound quite right. The reason for this […]
You enjoy swimming and are all about going into the water. The pool is like your second home (when you were younger, everybody said you were part fish–that’s how often you wanted to go swimming). The water seems a bit…louder… than usual today. And that’s when you realize you may have made a mistake: you […]
Your sense of hearing is important in your life and when it’s gone, there will be no natural way of getting it back. But somehow, hearing loss tends to go neglected and unchecked in the general population. In the US alone, one in eight individuals over the age of 12 copes with untreated and irreversible […]
Intimacy isn’t normally the first thing that one thinks of when you think about hearing aids. We get it. These tiny devices are usually advertised in very concrete terms. Love, conversely, is something better suited for music, poetry, and art. But you might want to start looking at your hearing aid as an intimacy device […]
Hearing loss is well recognized to be a process that develops slowly. That’s why it can be quite pernicious. Your hearing doesn’t deteriorate in big leaps but rather in little steps. So if you’re not paying close attention, it can be hard to track the decline in your hearing. That’s why knowing the first signs […]
One way your body offers information to you is through pain response. It’s an effective method though not a really enjoyable one. When that megaphone you’re standing near goes too loud, the pain lets you know that major ear damage is happening and you immediately (if you’re smart) cover your ears or remove yourself from […]
