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Most of the time, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It develops so gradually that it’s usually undetectable, and on top of that, the majority of family physicians do not regularly screen for hearing loss at the annual physical examination. Bearing in mind these two facts, it’s no wonder that most people first
About 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no outside sound source exists. This phantom sound is generally identified as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking. First it is important to understand about tinnitus is that it’s a symptom, not
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most crucial part of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this quick guide, we’ll reveal everything you need to know about hearing
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, brought about by exposure to intense sound levels from personal music devices and noisy settings such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. An estimated 26 million Americans currently suffer from the condition. If noise-induced hearing loss
If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. In concert, the two sides of hearing loss can wreak havoc on a person’s total well being, as
Most people are surprised to hear how young the profession of audiology actually is, and how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wished to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in time by 2,300 years and read the The History
When it’s time to shop for a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, evaluate options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re set to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re
You’ve likely heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes modern technology so much better? And what exactly can present day hearing aids achieve that couldn’t
At times, it seems like we prefer to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry named “List of common misconceptions” that consists of hundreds of universally-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the page and you’ll see approximately 385 references to credible sources. For example, did
You’ve just completed your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a chart, like the one above, except that it has all of these characters, colors, and lines. This is intended to highlight to you the exact, mathematically precise characteristics of your hearing loss, but to you it
We don’t need to tell you the signs and symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a very different kind of challenge: persuading someone you care for to get their hearing screened and treated. But how are you supposed to get through to someone who denies there is even
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a professional diagnosis, in spite of the fact that the warning signs of hearing loss are obvious to other people. But are those with hearing loss just too stubborn to get help? No, actually, and for a few different reasons. Maybe
