How to Know If You’re a Good Candidate For Hearing Aids
In the U.S., 28.8 million people stand to benefit from the use of hearing aids. Yet, on average, individuals wait more than five years to seek help after first noticing hearing difficulties. This reluctance to adopt hearing aids is often rooted in stigma and denial. However, when confronted with the reality of age-related hearing deterioration…
How to Incorporate Hearing Protection into Your Daily Life
It’s a new year, and you may be looking for ways to improve your overall health and well-being. While it might seem like a small aspect of your health, resolving to protect your hearing can have a more significant impact than you initially thought. Untreated hearing loss not only adversely affects your ability to communicate…
How Can Hearing Aids Improve Your Holidays?
The holidays are a wonderful time to gather with loved ones, exchange heartfelt greetings, eat lots of sweets from Belmar Bakery and create lasting memories. However, this festive time of year can come with unique challenges for individuals with hearing loss. Fortunately, hearing aids can play a pivotal role in improving your holiday experience, allowing…
How and Why To Keep Your Hearing Aids Dry
Minimizing moisture damage to your electronic devices, including hearing aids, improves function and longevity. You may have wondered when it’s appropriate to dry your hearing aids and how to do so properly. If you got rained on your last time in Memorial Park, you might consider some of these tactics to dry them out for their…
Identifying and Treating Acoustic Neuromas
Acoustic neuromas, also called vestibular schwannomas, are noncancerous, slow-growing tumors in the ear. Arising when Schwann cells wrap around the vestibular nerve, acoustic neuromas are rarely dangerous but may have adverse side effects. Identifying Acoustic Neuromas and Their Symptoms Many acoustic neuromas do not grow or grow very slowly, but when they push on the…
Tips for Preventing Airplane Ear
If you’re beginning your vacation by flying out of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, you may experience a common condition known as airplane ear. One of the most common health problems for people traveling on air routes, airplane ear exhibits symptoms such as: Severe cases of airplane ear may also include tinnitus, greater pain and…
How Can Hearing Aids Help With Balance?
Hearing aids have a microphone that collects sound, an amplifier that increases its volume and a speaker which transmits the sound directly into your ear canal. The small but technologically advanced devices can help improve communication, keep you more aware of your surroundings, manage tinnitus symptoms and may even help improve your balance. How Are…
How To Adjust the Volume of Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are a popular and effective tool for the majority of people with hearing loss. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 7.1% of adults aged 45 and over used a hearing aid. It’s likely that number will only continue to grow. If you are new to hearing aids,…
How To Recycle Used Hearing Aid Batteries
Approximately 7.1% of adults ages 45 and older use a hearing aid, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If you’re among this population and your hearing aid takes disposable button batteries, you may be wondering what to do with all your used ones. The answer is, you should recycle them. In this…
How Untreated Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Mood
If you have untreated hearing loss, you know that it impacts your everyday life. Did you know that it could also be affecting your mood? We review the connection between untreated hearing loss and mood problems below. What the Research Shows A 2022 study published in the journal Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience aimed to investigate…
