It’s difficult to believe but most people have gone more than ten years without having a hearing test. Harper is one of them. She schedules a checkup and cleaning with her dentist every six months and she shows up dutifully for her yearly medical exam. She even gets her timing belt changed every 6000 miles! […]
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Aiden enjoys music. While he’s out jogging, he listens to Pandora, while working it’s Spotify, and he has a playlist for everything he does: cardio, cooking, video games, you name it. Everything in his life has a soundtrack and it’s playing on his headphones. But lasting hearing damage might be happening as a result of […]
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You first notice the sound when you’re lying in bed trying to sleep: Your ear has a whooshing or throbbing in it. The sound is pulsing in rhythm with your heartbeat. And no matter how hard you try, you can’t tune it out. It keeps you awake, which is not good because you need your […]
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Congrats! Modern hearing aids are an amazing piece of technology, and you’ve recently become the proud owner of a shiny new set. But, just like with any new device, there will be things that hearing aid owners wish somebody had informed them about. Let’s examine how a new hearing aid owner can eliminate the 9 […]
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Maybe it’s your thyroid You’ve heard that before. After having a candid conversation about your health issues with your best friend over dinner last night, she proposed, with some personal experience, that you may be coping with a thyroid problem. It turns out thyroid conditions are pretty common. In fact, some approximations indicate that somewhere […]
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Let’s pretend you go to a rock concert. You’re awesome, so you spend all night in the front row. It’s enjoyable, though it’s not good for your ears which will be ringing when you wake up the next morning. (That’s not as fun.) But what if you can only hear out of one ear when […]
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Do you have ringing in your ears that’s driving you crazy? Find out what causes tinnitus and whether you might have inherited it. What is tinnitus? A ringing, buzzing, or droning in the ears with no external cause of the sound is a condition called tinnitus. The direct translation of the term tinnitus is “ringing […]
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There are lots of ways to feel younger. But protecting your hearing is one way that is often overlooked. Diet and exercise have been promoted for years as a proven way to increase your lifespan while improving your quality of life. It also helps prevent heart disease, cancer, and promotes weight control. But good hearing […]
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Some activities are just staples of summer: Air shows, concerts, fireworks, state fairs, Nascar races, etc. As more of these events go back to something resembling normal, the crowds, and the decibel levels, are getting larger. But sometimes this can lead to issues. Because let’s be honest: this isn’t the first outdoor concert that’s caused […]
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You’re probably reminded of your childhood when you’re dealing with a sore throat. Back then, it was easy to manage a sore throat: taking the day off from school and eating plenty of chicken noodle soup. Or perhaps, some lozenges and some Netflix. A sore throat was a fairly typical event when you were a […]
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