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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Excited to see this article about FSU hosting a 'Listen Camp' for children with hearing loss and hearing aids. By: Sophia Hernandez | WCTV Eyewitness News July 25, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- Walking though the front doors of Listen Camp, you can hear the kids laughing and singing. The atmosphere is that of any other summer camp, but these campers all have something in common; they suffer from hearing loss or have hearing aids. Florida State University's Hearing and Speech Clinic … [Read more...]