Living with hearing loss can have an impact on every part of your life, including your professional livelihood. Untreated hearing loss can be at the core of miscommunication, and can even decrease your earning power. Fortunately, your hearing loss doesn’t have to hold you back. From making use of hearing aids to taking advantage of …
Avoiding Hearing Tests Could Make the Problem Much Worse
Confronting hearing loss can be difficult – but leaving it unaddressed can prove to be far worse. Over 30 million Americans live with significant hearing loss, making it one of the most common chronic health issues facing us today. While most hearing loss cannot be reversed, it can be effectively treated minimizing the impact it …
How Treating Hearing Loss Improves Your Relationships
When we talk to people about treating their hearing loss, we often hear reluctance based on the idea that “it doesn’t affect anyone but me”. Hearing loss is often viewed as a personal problem, but nothing could be further from the truth. Your hearing loss may be taking place in your ears, but it affects …
Addressing Hearing Loss May Improve Care of Older Adults
Effective healthcare can be a challenge for many adults, and recent research is pointing to ways in which hearing loss may play a role. A study published out of New York University, New York City found that in older populations significant hearing loss correlated with hospital readmissions. This means that patients with untreated hearing loss …
Facts & Fictions about Hearing Loss
There’s been a stigma around hearing loss for a long time. People thought that having hearing loss was a sign that they were getting old. Large, clunky hearing aids would draw attention to hearing loss, and they didn’t even work very well. However, the stigma is finally starting to lift. Americans of all ages have …