There are a couple of kinds of vacations, right? There’s the type where you jam every single activity you can into every waking moment. These are the vacations that are recalled for years later and are full of adventure, and you head back to work more worn out than you left. Then there are the […]
You’ve likely noticed that when movies or TV shows get really intense, they begin using close-ups (maybe even extreme close-ups). That’s because the human face communicates a lot of information (more information than you’re likely consciously aware of). It’s no stretch to say that human beings are extremely facially centered. So it’s no surprise that […]
Once you get accustomed to your hearing aid, it’s difficult to go without it. Your hearing aids are, after all, your connection to the world around you. But just like all technology, though, it will need to be upgraded eventually. A hearing aid’s average lifespan From 3 to 7 years will be the average lifespan […]
Have you ever woken up after a night’s sleep and heard birds singing a delightful song through your open window? Most people probably don’t even know that the name for those bird-songs is the “dawn chorus”. For whatever reason, birds see the sun coming up and decide to start singing their favorite songs. The songs […]
A car isn’t really an impulse buy (unless you’re very, very rich). Which means you will most likely do a great deal of research ahead of time. You look at reviews, you assess prices, and you consider gas mileage. (You’re on Google a lot.) It makes sense to do this amount of research. For most […]
Do you recall those gallon buckets of ice cream you used to get at supermarkets? An entire gallon of ice cream, yum! But as you grow up, you begin to get a little more specific. You start going for the more specialized ice cream: the Haagen-Daaz, the Tillamook, the Ben & Jerry’s. All of a […]
You take good care of your hearing aids. When you go to sleep, you always put them snuggly on the charger and you clean them daily. But you get pretty discouraged when your hearing aids suddenly stop working the way they used to. There are a few things you can do to diagnose the problem, […]
While it could be true that older hearing aids are better than no hearing aids, chances are what small advantage you get from them may be costly. Within the past few years, hearing aid technology has made considerable advancements. It’s changed to digital from analog, for one thing, and there are features now that weren’t […]
There are three kinds of individuals out there: those who find history to be incredibly fascinating, people who think history is terribly boring, and people who think history is full of aliens. Aliens aren’t behind the history of hearing aids. But it’s probably a lot weirder than you might believe. Hearing loss is, after all, […]
There are three kinds of individuals out there: those who find history to be incredibly fascinating, people who think history is terribly boring, and people who think history is full of aliens. Aliens aren’t behind the history of hearing aids. But it’s probably a lot weirder than you might believe. Hearing loss is, after all, […]
