Hearing Loss

In the US, about 37.5 million adults have some amount of hearing loss. Yet according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), merely 20 percent of those who could benefit from hearing aids actually use them. That suggests that millions of Americans who could improve their life with better hearing decide not to do so. […]

Here’s one thing most people are surprised to discover: in the majority of cases of hearing loss, people can hear a number of sounds just fine, and have difficulty only with select sounds. Specifically, if you have trouble only with high-pitched sounds, you may suffer from the most common type of hearing loss, called high-frequency

It’s commonly said that we don’t fully appreciate the things we have until they’re gone, and this appears to be specifically true of our ability to hear. Hearing loss is not only hard to detect; it’s also difficult to appreciate just how much hearing improves our lives. As one of our major senses, along with

It remains a mystery as to why wearing a pair of glasses—which correct vision impairment—is perceived as a sign of intelligence, while wearing hearing aids—which correct hearing impairment—has been perceived as a sign of old age. Maybe it’s about time the stigma of hearing loss is reversed, and we redefine what it means for our

When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a popular question we hear from our patients, and the answer requires some thought. While hearing aids typically have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are a few circumstances in which you may want to upgrade sooner. Here are 4 reasons you may want to consider

Picture being able to regulate the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and effortlessly as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any listening situation without ever having to touch your hearing aids. Sound too good to be true? A few years ago, it was;

We all procrastinate, regularly talking ourselves out of challenging or uncomfortable activities in favor of something more pleasurable or fun. Distractions abound as we tell ourselves that we will eventually get around to whatever we’re currently working to avoid. Sometimes, procrastination is fairly harmless. We might desire to clean out the basement, for example, by

Contemporary hearing aids have come a long way; present models are remarkably effective and come with remarkable digital functions, such as wifi connectivity, that substantially improve a person’s ability to hear along with their all-around quality of life. But there is still room for improvement. Particularly, in a few scenarios hearing aids have some challenges

It has long been accepted that there are powerful connections between sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and tendencies determine the type and intensity of emotional reaction we have to different sounds. For example, research has revealed these common associations between certain sounds and emotions: The sound of a thunderstorm evokes

The strange part of hearing loss is that we don’t seem to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capacity to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to think about, for example, how much we appreciate a good conversation with a close friend until we have to routinely ask them to repeat