Audiology Awareness Month: How Hearing Care Is Better than Technology Alone
Did you know that October is Audiology Awareness Month? This means there’s no better time to seek care for your hearing health. Left untreated, hearing loss is associated with social withdrawal, feelings of loneliness, depression, anxiety, falls and even dementia. This is why it’s so important to treat your hearing loss with hearing aids without…
Working It Out: How Exercise Can Affect Hearing
Exercise is one of the best things you can do for your overall physical, mental and emotional health, and that includes your hearing health. So next time you’re enjoying the greenery at James County Island Park you can take comfort in the fact that you’re not just keeping your heart healthy, you’re protecting your hearing…
Accidental Injuries Increase with Untreated Hearing Loss
Hearing loss increases your chance of developing anxiety, depression and even cognitive decline. But did you know that it can also increase your risk of an accidental injury? We explore this connection below. What the Research Shows A study by researchers Hossein Mahboubi, M.D., MPH, Harrison Lin, M.D. and Neil Bhattacharyya, M.D., published in May…
What Is Considered a ‘Normal’ Hearing Range?
The line between normal hearing and hearing loss isn’t exactly a clear one. Hearing loss severity is measured in two ways: how loud sounds need to be for you to hear them and what frequencies you can detect. For this reason, hearing tests measure how loud sounds have to be across the speech frequency range…
Signs You Should Treat Your Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is common, affecting approximately 48 million people across the U.S. Yet despite its prevalence, many people put off seeking treatment. In fact, only one in five people who could benefit from hearing aids actually wears them. If you suspect you may have hearing loss, know that early intervention yields the best results. We’ve…
Does Hearing Loss Cause Fatigue?
It’s common to feel worn out after a long Zoom call with friends or socially-distanced get-together at Brittlebank Park. But for people with hearing loss, this fatigue tends to be chronic, occurring after almost every interaction. We discuss how hearing loss can lead to fatigue below. Listening Fatigue Listening fatigue is a term that audiologists…
Do I Need Hearing Aids?
Losing your hearing – much like going gray – doesn’t happen overnight. Because hearing loss is a progressive condition, many people are unaware they have it until it has advanced beyond a stage that can be easily treated. But even if you feel like your hearing is fine, if you struggle to talk on the…
Understanding Auditory Deprivation
If we asked you what the consequences of untreated hearing loss are, you’d probably list things like trouble communicating, difficulty talking on the phone, relationship strain and social withdrawal. And if you did, you would be 100% correct. But there are many other ways hearing loss can affect your quality of life – one is…
Does Hearing Loss Affect Memory?
When you consider the consequences of untreated hearing loss, what do you think of? Many would mention difficulty having conversations in background noise, trouble hearing TV shows, straining to talk on the phone and problems hearing the high-pitch voices of women and children. Research shows that hearing loss can affect more than just your communication…
Does Hearing Loss Impact Mental Acuity?
You’ve probably heard the term “mental acuity” used in conversations about ageing and the elderly. In laymen’s terms, mental acuity may also be referred to as “sharpness of mind,” but it’s a little more complicated than that and involves factors including memory, focus and comprehension. Studies have shown that untreated hearing loss can, in fact,…