Love and Hearing Loss: Communication Tips for Couples

Love and Hearing Loss: Communication Tips for Couples

Hearing loss can impact many areas of your daily life. Your pastimes, your professional life, and even your love life can be affected by hearing loss, for example. Communication can become tense for couples who are coping with hearing loss. Animosity can develop from the increased stress and more frequent quarrels. If ignored, in other […]

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“Normal” Hearing, Yet Fighting to Follow Conversations

Your workplace recently embraced the trend of open-office floor plans, promoting cooperation and teamwork. But this new arrangement has become difficult for you. It’s because the elevated noise is making it hard to follow along with conversation and not because you miss the privacy of cubical walls. Even if standard hearing tests indicate completely normal […]

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Hearing Loss Can be Caused by These Prevalent Medications

Hearing Loss Can be Caused by These Prevalent Medications

When you begin on a course of medication, it’s normal to want to be informed about any possible side effects. Can it give you a stomach ache? Will it dehydrate you? Cause sleeplessness? There could also be a more serious potential side effect that you might not think of – hearing loss. Lots of different […]

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As We Get Older, Does Our Hearing Loss Get Worse?

As We Get Older, Does Our Hearing Loss Get Worse?

Does hearing loss worsen as you age? Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting all adults as they age, but it is a gradual process. Half of people over the age of 75 have trouble with their hearing, as a matter of fact. Presbycusis Presbycusis is defined as age-related hearing loss or […]

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Can Hearing Loss be Affected by Insomnia?

Can Hearing Loss be Affected by Insomnia?

Sleepless nights are no fun. Particularly when it happens regularly. You lie awake tossing and turning, looking at the time over and over, and worrying about how exhausted you will be tomorrow. Medical professionals call this sort of chronic sleeplessness “insomnia”. With insomnia, the drawbacks of not sleeping will then start to add up and […]

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Your Risk of Hearing Loss is Raised by Diabetes

Your Risk of Hearing Loss is Raised by Diabetes

Genetic predisposition, aging, and prolonged exposure to loud sound are all common factors that can contribute to hearing loss. However, you might find it interesting to discover the link between diabetes and hearing loss. Let’s dig a little deeper into that. How does diabetes raise your risk of hearing loss? The prevalence of diabetes increases […]

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The Truth About Ear Candling

The Truth About Ear Candling

Everyone loves a quick fix, especially when the solution is also a DIY fix. Sink Leaking? Just search YouTube for the suitable plumbing tutorial, go get the recommended tools, and go to work! A plumber would probably be a bit more efficient but then you wouldn’t get that feeling of self-satisfaction that comes with doing […]

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Your Guide to Safe Driving With Hearing Loss

Your Guide to Safe Driving With Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is a common challenge for older individuals, but does it warrant quitting driving? The response isn’t straightforward, as driving habits differ among individuals. While hearing loss is a factor to think about when operating a vehicle, a seasoned driver is still capable even if they need to lower the radio volume. For individuals […]

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