January is nearly here and with it comes a brand new year! What do you hope to achieve in this next year? Do you want to exercise more, eat healthier, reconnect with old friends or start a brand new project? Whatever you choose, past the big picture, make sure you focus on the small steps to get there. For instance, …

World Hearing Day will mark the release of the World Health Organization’s World Report on Hearing: a global call to action for individuals and governments alike to address hearing loss and diseases of the ear across all phases of life. The message is clear that we need to do more to prevent and treat hearing loss in the world today, …

Hearing loss is one of the most common medical conditions that people navigate today. Impacting nearly 1 in 5 people, hearing loss effects over 30 million people, making it the third most pervasive chronic health issue. Impaired hearing results in a reduced ability to hear and process sound which produces a range of symptoms that can significantly disrupt daily life. …

Healthy communication in any relationship is based on the concept that both parties are open and honest with each other. When you can listen to the other person and consider what they are seeing you can cultivate your relationship with friends, family, co-workers and your significant other for years to come. Clear communication is the cornerstone of any healthy relationship …

If you have recently received treatment for hearing loss in the form of diagnosis and dispensing hearing aids, then you know what a change it can make in your everyday life. The ability to converse more easily with people in your everyday encounters, as well as your closest loved ones, can make your life simpler and can enhance the richness …

Imagine your first week at a new job – you’ve worked hard to get where you are, and you are excited about all the opportunities that come with your new position. There’s just one little thing holding you back – you live with hearing loss and haven’t disclosed it to your boss and coworkers yet. Your hearing loss means it …

Have you experienced a ringing, buzzing or other noise in your ear? The experience of hearing phantom sounds is known as “tinnitus” and it can be both an indicator of hearing issues and a frustrating health problem in its own right. Tinnitus manifests differently for different people, and there is no singular cause of tinnitus, although the presence of tinnitus …

The loudest sounds on Earth occur in combat. It’s no surprise, then, that tinnitus and hearing loss rank as the first and second most common health problems faced by American veterans returning home, with the VA purchasing 1 out of every 5 hearing aids sold in the U.S., at a cost of about $348 per hearing aid. For tinnitus and …

Those of us who have worked in manufacturing know just how loud it can get. Machines that pound metal or shake sand out of freshly cast iron can throw off some very high dBA (decibels A-weighted, a unit for measuring ambient sound levels). Most of us are familiar with the kind of sound that is painful to hear; the kind …

Our ears evolved to keep us attuned to our environments, so we could hear each other and get one another’s attention, hear danger approaching, or hear a prey animal approaching that we could hunt. Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, our lived environments have featured sounds that are simply too loud for our ears to take in without being …