Gatherings. So many family gatherings. During the holiday seasons, it probably feels like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost uncle every other weekend. The holiday season can be fun (and also challenging) because of this. Typically, this sort of yearly catching up is something that’s easy to look forward to. You get to learn […]
You’re bombarded by noise as soon as you arrive at the annual company holiday party. You can feel the pumping music, the thrum of shouted conversations, and the clattering of glasses. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear a thing in this noisy setting. The punch lines of jokes are missed, you can’t make out […]
While everyone has experienced a runny nose, we don’t often talk about other kinds of cold symptoms because they are less frequent. One type of cold you don’t often hear about is the one that goes into one or both ears. While you might generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom […]
After months (maybe even years) of waiting, you’ve finally decided to contact us to see if you should get hearing aids. You’ve been resisting this like so many other people. But the inconvenience, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too much. So when you do finally come in and then you […]
It’s hard to comprehend but most individuals have gone more than ten years without having a hearing exam. One of those people is Harper. She reports to her doctor for her annual medical test and has her teeth cleaned every six months. She even changes her timing belt every 6000 miles. But her hearing exam […]
You know that it can be a challenge to get your partner’s attention if they have neglected hearing loss. Their name is the first thing you try saying. You say “Greg”, but you get no answer because you used an inside volume level. You try saying Greg’s name a bit louder and still no reply. […]
Most people are aware of the common causes of hearing loss, but certain chemicals can also cause hearing loss which can be surprising. While there are numerous groups of people at risk, people in industries like textiles, petroleum, automotive, plastics, and metal fabrication have greater exposure. You can safeguard your quality of life by knowing […]
Aiden loves music. While he’s out running, he listens to Pandora, while working it’s Spotify, and he has a playlist for all his activities: gaming, cooking, gym time, and everything else. His entire life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But permanent hearing damage may be happening as a result of the […]
You first hear the sound when you’re lying in bed attempting to sleep: a beating or perhaps a throbbing, perhaps a whooshing, right in your ear. The sound is pulsing at the same rhythm as your heartbeat. And regardless of how hard you try, you can’t tune it out. It keeps you up, which is […]
Because you’re so cool, you were in the front row for the entire rock concert last night. It’s enjoyable, though it isn’t good for your ears which will be ringing when you wake up the next morning. (That part’s not so fun.) But what if you awaken and can only hear out of one ear? […]
