How to Make the Most of a Hotel Stay with Hearing Loss
Are you organizing a trip to Eisenhower State Park in Denison and planning to stay in a hotel? If so, and if you’re one of the 7.1% of adults aged 45 and over who uses a hearing aid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you may need to do a little extra…
What Are The Differences Between Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Not all hearing loss is the same. Let’s look at the differences between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, including the causes and treatments for each. Conductive Hearing Loss Basics This type of hearing loss occurs in the outer or middle ear when sound waves are not able to carry to the inner ear because of…
How to Manage Your Hearing Aids During a Hospital Stay
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports, “In 2019, 7.1% of adults aged 45 and over used a hearing aid.” If you’re one of this number and you’re anticipating staying in the hospital, it’s important that you’re prepared to manage your hearing aids. We provide tips for this below. Pack a Carrying Case…
Can Anxiety Cause Tinnitus?
When two or more health conditions occur together, they are said to be comorbidities. A common comorbidity of tinnitus is anxiety, and together they can create a cycle where one condition exacerbates the other. Below we review the connection between these two conditions. Anxiety When you think of anxiety, you probably think of generalized anxiety…
Four Reasons to Talk With Your Primary Care Provider About Hearing Loss Screenings
It’s important to talk to your primary care provider about your hearing health, especially as you get older. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear as though enough people do. A recent poll reports that 80% of Americans over 50 said their primary care provider hadn’t asked about their hearing in the last two years. Next time you’re…
How To Hear Better in The Car
If you have hearing loss, driving can pose a few potential challenges that can potentially impact your safety and the safety of others. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to improve your hearing when on the road. Get a Hearing Test If you are having trouble hearing while in the car or in other…
Injuries that Cause Hearing Loss
The most common causes of hearing loss are advanced age and exposure to loud noises. Another cause of hearing loss you may not have thought about is injury to the head, neck or ears. We review some of these injuries and how they can impact your hearing below. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Getting hit in…
Why Does Hearing Loss Often Come With Age?
Your risk of hearing loss increases as you age. In fact, age-related hearing loss even has its own term, presbycusis. However, just because it becomes more likely, that does not mean you should just accept hearing loss as a part of getting older. There are steps you can take to both protect your ears and…
Tips to Keep Your Ears Healthy
Hearing loss is common, affecting approximately 48 million people across the nation. But despite its prevalence, only about 20% of people who could benefit from hearing aids actually wears them. This can have devastating impacts, as left untreated, hearing loss is associated with anxiety, depression, falls and even cognitive decline. Below we review tips to…
What Smoke Alarms Work Best for People with Hearing Loss?
If you have a working smoke detector in your home, you’re much safer from harm. In fact, according to the National Fire Protection Association, your risk of dying by fire falls by 55% when there is a working smoke alarm present. But for people with hearing loss, blaring smoke alarms may not be enough. Fortunately,…
