HEARING TIPS
Foods that can Prevent Hearing Loss – and Hearing Aids
Everyone wants to know what they can do to prevent their hearing health from suffering significant damage over the course of their lives. While many people have stopped digging in their ear with cotton swabs and other instruments, others want to take a more proactive...
Untreated Hearing Loss Linked to Depression
There is a new concern in the world of hearing loss and it is a severe one: depression. According to information from a new research project, there is a great correlation between people who have hearing loss and people who suffer from depression. This correlation...
How Music Influences Moods
For centuries, people have found that music helps them to boost energy and mood--some even claim that music helps them heal more quickly. Now, new research shows that listening to music can lift (or reinforce) your mood and ultimately leading to a greater quality of...
An Introduction to Made for iPhone Hearing Aids
Among smartphones, the iPhone stands out as an innovation leader. One of Apple's latest innovations is collaborating with hearing aid manufacturers to create iPhone software and apps that work together with certain hearing aid models. These devices are named made for...
Echoes – How Are They Created?
Many people have experienced the phenomenon of an echo, often while in a large canyon or cave. This phenomenon is called an echo, which has its origins in the Greek ekho, meaning "sound." So how does an echo occur? In short, the sound waves from your voice bounce off...
Loss of Spatial Hearing- General Overview
A loss of spatial hearing presents itself as the inability to distinguish spatial cues. For example, if a person suffers from spatial loss of hearing, they would likely be unable to tell where a sound came from. They would also have a difficult time picking one...
Swimmer's Ear Prevention and Treatment
Acute external otitis is an infection of the outer ear canal - the portion outside the eardrum. Most people recognize it by its common name - swimmer's ear. It is termed "swimmer's ear" because it quite often develops due to liquid staying in the ears after swimming;...
Regenerating Inner Ear Hair Cells is One Potential Route for Curing Hearing Loss
Among the sometimes frustrating things about being a hearing care specialist is that many of the conditions we encounter which have caused our patients to lose their hearing cannot be reversed. For example, one of the most common causes of hearing loss is damage to...
Should You Replace Your Old Hearing Aid or Fix It?
One of the questions most asked of hearing specialists is, "My hearing aid is broken or is not working as well as it used to - should I have it repaired, or get a new one?" Presented with only that much information, we have to answer truthfully, "Well, that depends."...
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