When is it time to have your hearing checked? Here are four clues that you should get your hearing assessed. Recently, my kids complained about how loud my TV was. And guess what I said. I said, “What”? It was a joke. I thought it was funny. But, in reality, it was anything but funny.
You have a buzzing in your ears and it’s not getting any better, if anything it’s getting worse. It began quietly enough, one of those “is it really there” kind of things. But you’ve noticed how loud and constant the tinnitus sounds have become after an entire day on the job at a construction site.
Your last family dinner was disheartening. It wasn’t because of family crisis (this time). No, the cause of the stress was simple: it was noisy, and you couldn’t hear anything. So you didn’t get the opportunity to ask about Dave’s new cat or Sally’s new job. It was difficult. Mostly, you blame the acoustics. But
You finally obtained your new hearing aids. You’re finally going to be able to get back into the swing of your social life again. No more missed transitions or confused conversations. But there’s a problem: everything sounds just a little off. That’s because it’ll likely take you a while to adjust to a new pair
You enjoy swimming and are all about going into the water. The pool is like your second home (when you were younger, everyone said you were part fish–that’s how regularly you wanted to swim). Today, the water sounds a little… louder… than usual. And that’s when you realize you might have made a mistake: you
Your sense of hearing is crucial in your life and when you lose it, there will be no natural way for it to return But curiously, the general public tends to disregard hearing loss. In fact, permanent hearing loss impacts one out of eight individuals (about 30 million people) over the age of 12 in
Intimacy isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when you think about hearing aids. We get it. These tiny devices are usually advertised in rather concrete terms. Less defined expressions like poetry, music, and art are more suited to the subject of love. But you might want to start viewing your hearing aid
Hearing loss is well recognized to be a process that progresses gradually. It can be quite insidious for this very reason. Your hearing gets worse not in giant leaps but by little steps. So if you’re not paying close attention, it can be challenging to measure the decline in your hearing. For this reason, it’s
One way your body delivers information to you is through pain response. It’s not a terribly fun approach but it can be beneficial. When your ears start to feel the pain of a very loud megaphone near you, you know damage is happening and you can take steps to move further away or at least
If you cut your arm, it heals. In a short time, your stubbed toe will feel better. Even a broken bone will heal if correctly set. But what if your hearing is damaged? Is it possible for the inner ear to heal? Will your hearing come back? Can homeopathic treatments help that healing? What is
