In Psychology Today, there is an excellent article by Shari Eberts (founder of Living with Hearing Loss) on 'How to Make Your Hearing Loss less Invisible'. Hearing loss is invisible. It cannot be seen, especially if someone is trying to hide it, which many people with hearing loss still are. Making hearing loss more visible will help us get the assistance that is needed. Since it is invisible, hearing loss is easily overlooked, ignored, or not taken seriously. Nobody would deny … [Read more...]
Healthy Eating helps Hearing
Great article in Well & Good about how healthy nutrition can keep your hearing sharp. You can check out the full article here: https://www.wellandgood.com/good-food/hearing-loss-with-age-diet/ A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that specific diets may slow hearing loss with age. Past studies have linked certain nutrients and foods (such as folate, which is found in legumes, leafy greens, and elsewhere) to a lower risk of self-reported hearing loss, but … [Read more...]
Smoke Alarms for the Hearing Impaired
The smoke alarm, meant for those who are deaf or hearing impaired, includes a traditional smoke detector on the ceiling, a receiver equipped with a strobe light and a vibrating disc that will shake the entire bed from underneath the mattress. Some units are also equipped with a vibrating pager. A great story on WTAE - Pittsburgh's Action News station about how it saved one family. https://www.wtae.com/article/smoke-alarm-for-deaf-and-hearing-impaired-saves-life/29761297 These smoke alarms … [Read more...]
High-Frequency Hearing Loss
What is High-Frequency Hearing Loss? According to Healthy Hearing, one of the most common types of hearing loss is known as high-frequency hearing loss. This means high-pitch sounds are harder to hear. It can affect anyone of any age, but is common in older adults with age-related hearing loss, as well as people exposed to loud noises. High-frequency hearing loss occurs when the tiny hair-like sensory hearing cells in your cochlea (inner ear) are damaged. These hair cells, known as … [Read more...]
Hearing Aids for Veterans
Great article by Joy Victory, managing editor of Healthy Hearing about Veterans and Hearing Aids. Many veterans are affected by hearing loss or tinnitus. If you have served in the military, you may qualify for hearing healthcare benefits and disability compensation from the VA. If you are a U.S. veteran worried you may have hearing loss. You're not alone. Annually, about one million veterans receive disability compensation for hearing loss. In fact, because of routine exposure to loud … [Read more...]
How Loud is Too Loud
Here is a great downloadable educational comic book for kids from the CDC, warning them about the dangers of loud noise. It teaches them about protecting their hearing. Children need to learn how and when to protect themselves before it is too late! You can download this educational comic book for kids just click here. You can also give this comic book to your Grandchildren or Great Grandchildren. If you or a family member is having any difficulties with hearing or hearing aids, … [Read more...]
Two Hearing Aids better than One
Why do I need two hearing aids? It's a frequently asked question that Managing Editor, Joy Victory of Healthy Hearing tackles in an article dated October 7, 2019. You can read the full article by clicking here. One hearing aid versus two: We almost always recommend two hearing aids if you have hearing loss in both years, because you will hear far better with two hearing aids instead of one. Your hearing care provider or audiologist will program each hearing aid separately, to match the … [Read more...]
Turn the Volume Down
An article in Forbes explores, Why We Don't Turn the Volume Down When the Music Gets Louder - by Eva Amsen, July 30, 2019 writing about the overlap of Science and Art. First, music itself has been gradually getting louder. Researchers in Canada studied a large collection of songs from the past nine decades to see how much the sound intensity of the music itself has changed per decade. They found that a track by one of today’s artists is intrinsically louder than eighties hits, regardless of … [Read more...]
Can Hearing Loss cause Loneliness
Seniors with untreated Hearing Loss face loneliness and isolation, according to an article on NPR. As hearing declines, loneliness can intensify — and set off a cascade of detrimental health effects. Now considered as hazardous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, loneliness vastly raises the risks of depression, dementia and early death. Yet the vast majority of people who suffer from hearing loss don't know they have a problem — or don't want to know. The changes happen gradually, and often … [Read more...]
New Study about Hearing Aids
NEWS RELEASE 5-SEP-2019 from American Association for the Advancement of Science: Study links hearing aids to lower risk of dementia, depression and falls Study of Medicare HMO participants, whose insurance covers part of hearing aid cost, reveals disparities in use and difference in incidence of major conditions after 3 years MICHIGAN MEDICINE - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Older adults who get a hearing aid for a newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of being diagnosed with … [Read more...]
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