Tom is getting a brand new knee and he’s super pumped! Hey, the things you look forward to change as you get older. He will be able to move moving around more easily and will have less pain with this knee replacement. So the operation is successful and Tom goes home. But that’s not the
Your hearing won’t be just gone one day when you wake up. Hearing loss, especially when it’s caused by aging, generally progresses in degrees. You might not recognize it’s happening immediately but some signs do appear earlier. These early developing symptoms progress very discreetly. Identifying them sooner is essential to delay the development of hearing
Pizza is an interesting thing. You can switch up the toppings, sauces, even the cheeses concerned, but as long as it meets a few basic criteria, it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is similar. Symptoms and manifestations are caused by many different issues – loud noises, genetics, age, ear blockages – but as long as
Some activities are just staples of summertime: Air shows, concerts, fireworks, state fairs, Nascar races, etc. As more of these events go back to something resembling normal, the crowds, and the noise levels, are getting larger. But sometimes this can bring about problems. Let’s face it: you’ve noticed ringing in your ears after going to
Approximately two million workplace injuries are documented every year. Normally, we think of a hand caught in a piece of machinery or a flying projectile when we consider work-related injuries. But the most common workplace injury is far more pernicious and commonly goes unreported. It sneaks up on people very slowly over several years. The
Millions of years ago, the world was a lot different. This steamy, volcano-laden landscape is where the long-necked Diplacusis wandered. Thanks to its really long neck and tail, Diplacusis was so large that it was afraid of no predator. Actually, the long-necked dinosaur from the Jurassic Period is called Diplodocus. Diplacusis is a hearing affliction
Finally, it’s summertime!! That means it’s time to go out and enjoy all the fun activities that the season has to offer. But before you hit the beach, the concert, or the backyard barbecue, remember to take care of your hearing. Loud noises can damage your hearing, even if you don’t feel like they’re that
Don’t forget to wash your ears. Whenever you say that, you inescapably use your “parent voice”. Perhaps you even remember getting that advice as a kid. As you get wrapped up in past nostalgia, that sort of memory can take you back to simpler times. But that advice can be pretty helpful. Uncontrolled earwax buildup
Do you know what a cyborg is? If your mind gets swept up in science fiction movies, you likely think of cyborgs as kind of half-human, half machine characters (the human condition is frequently cleverly portrayed with these characters). You can get some really wild cyborgs in Hollywood. But the reality is that, technically, anyone
Back in the old days they were known as “books-on-tape”. Naturally, that was well before CDs, much less digital streaming. Today, they have a much better name; audiobooks. With an audiobook, you will listen to the book being read by a narrator. It’s sort of like having someone read a book aloud to you (okay,
