The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent people from acquiring better hearing: The inability to recognize hearing loss in the first place (due to its slow onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive fix. Regretfully, countless people who have overcome the first barrier have been lured into the allegedly […]
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and undoubtedly, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is prevalent, and it violates the very first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign objects into your ear canal. That […]
It’s typical to think of hearing loss as an inescapable problem associated with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s routine use of iPods. But the numbers demonstrate that the larger problem may be exposure to loud noise at work. In the United States, 22 million workers are exposed to potentially […]
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, generated by exposure to intense sound levels from personal mp3 devices and very loud settings such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. A projected 26 million Americans currently suffer from the condition. If noise-induced hearing loss […]
If we truly want to understand hearing loss, we have to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing increasingly difficult, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional reactions to the loss of hearing. In concert, the two sides of hearing loss can wreak havoc on a person’s total well being, as the […]
Most people are surprised to discover how young the field of audiology really is, and how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you desired to find the founding father of biology, as an example, you’d have to go back in time by 2,300 years and read through the […]
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a qualified professional diagnosis, despite the reality that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are very clear to other people. But are those with hearing loss simply too stubborn to get help? No, actually, and for a couple of specific […]
If the unfamiliar causes anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is particularly stressful. While almost all of us have experience with the family physician and the neighborhood dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It certainly would be useful to have someone describe the process upfront, wouldn’t it? Well, […]
While many of us keep up to date with our annual physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we often fail to take into account the well-being of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to worsen, it takes place so slowly that we barely notice and fail to take action. It’s this lack of […]
Do you recall the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized wristbands that promised to grant instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t see much of that promoting anymore; in 2008, the creators of the Q-Ray Bracelets were legally obligated to repay customers a maximum of $87 million due […]
