Your workplace has decided to encourage teamwork and collaboration by opening up the office floor plan. But this new setup has become a struggle for you. It’s because the elevated noise is making it challenging to follow along with conversation and not because you miss the privacy of cubical walls. Even if mainstream hearing tests […]
When you start on a course of medication, it’s normal to want to be informed about any potential side effects. Can it upset your stomach? Will it cause your mouth to dry out? Make you drowsy? There might also be a more serious potential side effect that you may not be aware of – hearing […]
There are a large number of reasons for muffled hearing. For most individuals, it’s a short-term situation. In other instances, muffled hearing can be a harbinger of more significant hearing-related issues. Partly, that’s because, aside from sudden hearing loss, hearing loss is generally not a condition that progresses suddenly. Symptoms develop gradually over a long […]
Modern cell phones have become much clearer and more dependable nowadays. But in some cases, it will still be difficult to hear what the individual on the other end is saying. And for people who have hearing loss, it can be especially challenging. There must be an easy fix for that, right? Why not use […]
Caring for your hearing aids likely feels easy enough. After all, you were probably given a set of care guidelines when you first purchased your devices. The majority of hearing specialists will give you a step-by-step how-to when it comes to routine hearing aid maintenance. But it’s quite likely that you might forget some of […]
Does hearing loss get worse as you get older? Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting all adults as they age, but it’s a gradual process. In fact, over one half of people 75 and older have difficulty hearing. Presbycusis Presbycusis is defined as age-related hearing loss or the slow process of […]
Sleepless nights are no fun. And when it occurs frequnetly, it’s particularly vexing. You lie awake tossing and turning, checking the time over and over, and stressing about how exhausted you will be tomorrow. Medical professionals call this kind of chronic sleeplessness “insomnia”. Over time, the effects of chronic insomnia will add up, negatively impacting […]
Chemotherapy can lead to hearing loss in some patients. It’s important to talk to your care team about early signs of chemotherapy-caused hearing loss. […]
