The World Health Organization recently issued a warning about the hearing health of younger generations. Essentially, many factors are adding up to what might be a plague of hearing loss as today’s younger people, both Millennials and GenZ, age. Now that it’s October and Protect Your Hearing Month, it’s a great time to take stock of the noise environments younger …
There are many causes of hearing loss. By far the most common cause of hearing loss is age-related, but in part, this may be due to years of unsafe listening practices. More and more, younger generations are reporting higher instances of hearing loss than before. This may be in part to a world that is growing ever noisier. Noise Induced …
Have you been having to ask people to repeat themselves more often than not these days? Do you find that watching TV with friends or family has recently turned into arguments about the volume, rather than what you are watching? If you answered yes, then there is a good chance you have some degree of hearing loss. There are a …
Every 11 seconds an older adult arrives at an emergency department seeking treatment for injuries related to a fall. According to the CDC, 25% of Americans over age 65 fall each year. Falls are a serious health concern for older adults, and they are the leading cause of injuries in seniors. Here’s everything you need to know about falls, tips …
Hearing loss doesn’t just affect your ears- it’s well known to have a ripple effect through many aspects of your life. Compromised hearing can affect your balance and coordination, heart health, and even your mood. Although it’s easy to blame a bad mood on the wrong side of the bed or the luck of the draw, researchers are learning that …
The months of April and May are where prospective college students find out if they have gotten into their desired colleges. Those with hearing loss have a further question to consider as they prepare for the fall semester – how will the college accommodate their hearing loss? Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and decades of education and …
Launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Hearing Day is a global call to action to comprehensively address hearing loss, one of the most common chronic medical conditions people experience. WHO estimates that 466 million people live with disabling hearing loss globally and that untreated hearing loss poses an annual cost of $750 billion. The prevalence of hearing loss …
Treating hearing loss with hearing aids is one of the best ways to maintain our overall health and well-being for the long term. Research over the course of the past several decades indicates that hearing loss tends to engender a cascade of negative health outcomes that can be avoided with the use of hearing aids. Regular Hearing Tests To that …
Once upon a time, we may have viewed hearing loss as an unfortunate and annoying—but nevertheless benign—aspect of getting older. We might have images of our own elders starting to have trouble hearing: voices getting louder, phrases being repeated, situations arising that were sometimes comical and sometimes tragic. Back then, we knew they were getting “old” when their hearing started …
With about 20% of Americans suffering some form of hearing loss, it’s clear that hearing loss is an epidemic today. Our lives have gotten louder. Whether we’re on the job, enjoying a hobby, or using a personal listening device to hear music or podcasts, we’re acculturated to noise inundation. We all know to protect our hearing when we encounter “loud …