Should I Get My Hearing Checked If I Have Diabetes?
Living with diabetes requires careful management of various health aspects, and it’s important not to overlook the potential impact on hearing. Studies have shown a connection between diabetes and hearing loss, and the CDC recommends those with diabetes get their hearing checked every year. It’s important to understand the connections between diabetes and hearing loss…
Can You Have Hearing Loss in Only One Ear?
Hearing loss can occur in one or both ears. While bilateral hearing loss (both ears) is more common, unilateral hearing loss (one ear) can occur. Approximately 60,000 Americans have unilateral hearing loss. Though unilateral hearing loss may only affect one ear, it is important to seek treatment immediately. Let’s examine some signs and symptoms of…
How To Protect Your Hearing While Outdoors
The weather’s getting warmer, and the days are getting longer, which makes it the perfect time to get outside and have some summer fun. However, certain outdoor activities may put your hearing at risk. Let’s take a closer look at how to protect your hearing while spending time outdoors. How Loud Noises Cause Hearing Loss…
How to Build the Best Relationship with Your Audiologist
According to a 2020 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, “The overall proportion of participants 70 years and older who own and use hearing aids rose from 15.0% in 2011 to 16.9% in 2015 and 18.5% in 2018.” This means more and more people are beginning to wear hearing aids. If you have hearing loss…
How Do Frustration and Anger Impact Your Hearing?
It’s normal to become frustrated and angry from day to day. However, if you don’t learn how to manage these feelings in a healthy way, it can impact your health—including your hearing! While the connection between frustration/anger and hearing loss isn’t exactly direct, research does show that there’s a link. We review what the research…
What’s the Link Between Poor Air Quality and Hearing Loss?
Aging and exposure to loud noise are two of the more common causes of hearing loss. However, many factors may increase your risk for the condition. Studies have shown that prolonged exposure to poor air quality may harm your hearing. Research on Air Quality and Hearing Loss A study published in 2022 analyzed data from…
New Year’s Resolutions to Make for Your Hearing
Hearing loss is extremely common, affecting around 15% of adults in the U.S., or 37.5 million people, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Despite its prevalence, although 28.8 million American adults could benefit from hearing aids, only one in five actually wear them, reports the Hearing Loss Association of America….
How To Protect Your Hearing This Audiology Awareness Month
As October comes to a close, we want to take this last week of Audiology Awareness Month and dedicate it to learning about noise-induced hearing loss as well as the different ways you can protect your hearing health. Quick Facts About Noise-induced Hearing Loss Noise-induced hearing loss occurs when noise causes damage to the hair…
New Research Focuses on the Relationship Between Music and Cochlear Implants
Whether it’s listening to our favorite records or catching a show at The Southgate House Revival, music plays an integral role in many of our lives. If you have hearing loss, particularly severe or profound hearing loss that requires the use of cochlear implants, you may worry that you won’t be able to enjoy music…
How to Make the Most of Group Settings When You Have Hearing Loss
If you have hearing loss, your social life can be majorly impacted. In fact, according to one 2020 review, “Most multivariable-adjusted studies found that hearing loss was associated with higher risk of loneliness and social isolation.” Group settings can be especially challenging for people with hearing loss, but there are ways to communicate successfully, which…