What’s the Connection Between Concerts and Hearing Loss?
Going to concerts or shows can be a great way to spend time with friends on a fun summer night. If you’ve ever left a show with a ringing in your ears, a symptom of tinnitus, or found yourself struggling to hear others as well as before, you may be experiencing hearing damage. Though your…
Tips For Protecting Your Hearing on the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is right around the corner, which means it’s time for the Rockport Firemen’s Parade, bonfires on the beach and, for some, fireworks. If you plan on attending a fireworks show this holiday, follow the right precautions to help protect your hearing. How Can Fireworks Harm Your Hearing? Exposure to noise louder…
Job Interview Tips for Those with Hearing Loss
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports, “Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.” If you’re among this population and you’ve got a job interview scheduled, you may be worried about how it will go, even more so than someone without hearing loss. Fortunately,…
How Do Frustration & Anger Impact Your Hearing?
If stressful events make you feel frustrated or angry, this is totally normal. But if you don’t learn how to manage these feelings in a positive way, your health can be affected. In fact, chronic frustration and anger is linked to hearing loss! We review what the research shows on this topic below. Impact of…
What Is Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
While there are several different types of hearing loss, the most common kind is sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Let’s take a closer look at what SNHL is, including causes, treatment options and what you can do to protect your hearing health. What Does Sensorineural Hearing Loss Mean? According to The National Library of Medicine, “Sensorineural…
What To Know About Sleeping With Earplugs
Getting a quality night’s sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being. If you are a light sleeper or find yourself waking up easily to sounds throughout the night, you may benefit from using earplugs to sleep. Let’s take a closer look at how earplugs can improve your sleep as well as how to…
Background Noise: Overtaking the Sounds of Summer
There are many sounds surrounding us during summertime. The lawn mower, outdoor music and children at a lemonade stand yelling, “Lemonade, 50 cents!”, there are many sounds we look forward to. Do you ever have the overwhelming feeling that there are too many sounds around you? Many people who suffer from hearing loss experience a…
Healthy Hearing Tips – Preventing Hearing Loss
May is Better Hearing Month, and this year, we are all about hearing protection. Losing your hearing isn’t the same as breaking a bone, which often can be broken and repaired multiple times. Hearing loss can’t be repaired. It’s permanent. Once you have lost even a fraction of your hearing, there is no going back. In…
Protecting Your Hearing
We are exposed to sound on a daily basis. Volume levels vary considerably, and can easily exceed 85 decibels (dB) – the threshold that is considered safe. Any prolonged exposure to noise exceeding this is harmful and can cause permanent, irreversible hearing loss. Excess noise exposure isn’t the only cause of hearing damage. Diseases, drugs…
What is Unilateral Hearing Loss?
What is Single Sided Deafness? Sometimes referred to as unilateral hearing loss, single sided deafness is a condition in which an individual experiences hearing loss in only one ear but can hear normally out of the other ear. While most patients with a hearing impairment suffer from bilateral (two-sided) hearing loss, SSD affects approximately 60,000…