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How Long Can You Expect Your Hearing Aids to Last?

How Long Can You Expect Your Hearing Aids to Last?

With proper care, hearing aids can last for a number of years, but their effectiveness depends on their alignment with your current level of hearing loss. Similar to prescription glasses, hearing aids are customized to support your specific auditory requirements, requiring regular reassessment. Here are a few tips to help you get the most from […]

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“Normal” Hearing, Yet Fighting to Follow Conversations

Your workplace has decided to encourage teamwork and collaboration by opening up the office floor plan. However, you find yourself struggling in this new setup. Not because you miss the privacy of cubicle walls, but because the elevated noise makes it hard to follow conversations. Even if standard hearing tests indicate completely normal hearing, the […]

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Prevalent Medications That Cause Hearing Loss

Prevalent Medications That Cause Hearing Loss

When you start on a course of medication, it’s normal to want to be informed about any potential side effects. Can it cause digestive problems? Will it cause dry mouth? Make you sleepy? You may not even be aware of some of the more impactful side effects, including hearing loss. Lots of different drugs are […]

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Muffled Hearing: Causes and Treatment Options

Muffled Hearing: Causes and Treatment Options

Muffled hearing can happen for lots of reasons. For most individuals, it’s a temporary experience. In other cases, muffled hearing can be a precursor of more substantial hearing-related issues. Partly, that’s because, aside from sudden hearing loss, hearing loss is typically not a condition that develops suddenly. Symptoms develop gradually and over time. Typically, one […]

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Best Practices for Using the Phone with Hearing Aids

Best Practices for Using the Phone with Hearing Aids

These days, the mobile phone network is much more reliable (and there’s a lot less static involved). But sometimes, it will still be challenging to hear what the person on the other end is saying. And for people who have hearing loss, it can be especially challenging. Now, you might be thinking: there’s a simple […]

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Five Tips For Hearing Aid Care

Five Tips For Hearing Aid Care

Caring for your hearing aids probably seems simple enough. When you first got your hearing aids, you probably got a set of care guidelines, after all. The majority of hearing specialists will give you a step-by-step how-to in regard to routine hearing aid maintenance. Still, getting all of that information at once means you most […]

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Does Hearing Loss Worsen As You Age?

Does Hearing Loss Worsen As You Age?

Does hearing loss get worse as you age? Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent conditions affecting all adults as they get older, but it is a slow process. Actually, over one half of those 75 and older have a hard time hearing. Presbycusis The slowly advancing condition of hearing loss as we age […]

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Can Hearing Loss be Affected by Insomnia?

Can Hearing Loss be Affected by Insomnia?

It’s no fun when you can’t sleep at night. And when it occurs on a regular basis, it’s particularly vexing. You toss and turn and probably stare at the clock (or your phone) and worry about just how tired you’ll be the next day. When these types of sleepless nights persistently occur, medical professionals tend […]

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How Diabetes Raises Your Risk of Hearing Loss

How Diabetes Raises Your Risk of Hearing Loss

You might be familiar with the various factors contributing to hearing loss, including the impact of getting older, genetic predisposition within families, or extended exposure to loud sounds. However, you may find it interesting to discover the link between diabetes and hearing loss. Let’s dig a little deeper into that. How is your risk of […]

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Does Cold Weather Impact Hearing Aid Performance?

Does Cold Weather Impact Hearing Aid Performance?

In contrast to popular opinion, winter is fun! Well, if you need to go somewhere, it can certainly be difficult. Or if you don’t have the correct gear (or proper infrastructure). But there are plenty of fun things to do in those colder winter months. Don’t believe it? Sledding and skiing aren’t the only enjoyable […]

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