When you have significant hearing loss, it changes your experience of the world. Hearing impairment requires adaptation and adjustment- from navigating noisy events to making sure you have alert systems in your house that are able to catch your attention and wake you from sleep. When you get on the road with hearing loss there […]
Understanding Noise Induced Hearing Loss
For people who have acquired hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common types they experience. Noise-induced hearing loss is a form of sensorineural hearing loss, which is the most common type of hearing loss in the US, according to the American Hearing Loss Foundation. Sensorineural hearing loss occurs in 23% of […]
Occupational Hearing Hazards
Prevalence of Hearing Loss in the Workplace According to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), approximately 30 million people are exposed to hazardous levels of noise on the job. Occupational hearing loss has been “one of the most prevalent occupational health concerns in the US for more than 25 years,” says OSHA. They […]
Veterans at high-risk of developing hearing loss
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), “Veterans are more likely to suffer hearing loss because of their military experience, employment, socioeconomic status, lack of access to health care, and age than other groups in the population…Among veterans, the incidence of hearing loss is higher, often due to their military experience.” Compared to the […]
Hearing Loss & Dementia
Most of us tend to think that hearing happens in the ears, but in fact, it happens in our brains. The sense of hearing is our fastest, even faster than our sense of vision, believe it or not! Here’s how our sense of hearing works: our outer ears pick up sound waves, which then travel […]
Tips for Communicating with Someone with Hearing Loss
Hearing loss may affect many parts of our lives – especially communication. With untreated hearing loss, speech recognition can be challenging. You may have experienced a loved one asking you to repeat yourself or asking “What?” in the middle of a conversation. As a result, social settings and conversations could become frustrating for everyone involved. […]
Early Signs You Might Have Hearing Loss
As an invisible condition that occurs gradually, hearing loss is difficult to recognize. Most of us don’t pay much attention to our hearing as it is, but it is one of the fastest senses we have and unlike all of our other senses, it is always on. Perhaps for this reason, we tend to take […]