by Carson Hearing Care | Aug 13, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It has long been acknowledged 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 response we have to various sounds. As an example, research has...
by Carson Hearing Care | Aug 6, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The strange part of hearing loss is that we don’t seem to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the ability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to give thought to, for instance, how much we enjoy a good conversation with a friend until we have...
by Carson Hearing Care | Jul 30, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent individuals from acquiring healthier hearing: The inability to notice hearing loss in the first place (because of its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive solution....
by Carson Hearing Care | Jul 23, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”.That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and indeed, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is widespread, and it breaks the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert...
by Carson Hearing Care | Jul 16, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an unavoidable problem linked with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s constant use of iPods. But the numbers reveal that the larger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In...
by Carson Hearing Care | Jun 18, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Roughly 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no external sound source exists. This phantom sound is commonly identified as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking....
