Summer is here! This summer season has a lot of fun. But don’t forget about your hearing’s health before you go out for a day on the beach, a rocking concert, or maybe a great backyard get-together. Loud noises can damage your hearing, even if you don’t feel like they’re that loud. In the summer […]
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 […]
When you shower, always remember to wash your ears. It’s hard not to say that in your “parenting” voice. Maybe when you were a kid you even remember your parents telling you to do it. That’s the type of memory that can take you back to simpler times as you wrap yourself in the nostalgia […]
Are you familiar with what a cyborg is? If you get swept up in science fiction movies, you likely think of cyborgs as sort of half-human, half machine characters (these characters are typically cleverly utilized to touch on the human condition). Hollywood cyborgs can seem extremely bizarre. But the truth is that, technically, anyone who […]
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 […]
Assistive listening devices and hearing aids can be used to treat the common condition of hearing loss. Unfortunately, hearing loss frequently goes undiagnosed and unaddressed. For people with hearing loss, this can trigger feelings of social-isolation and depression. And these feelings of depression and separation can be enhanced by the breakdown of professional and personal […]
In the past they were known as “books-on-tape”. Naturally, that was long before CDs, not to mention digital streaming. Nowadays, people call them audiobooks (which, to be honest, is a much better name). With an audiobook, you can listen to the book being read by a narrator. It’s sort of like having somebody read a […]
Do you recollect the old tale of Johnny Appleseed? In elementary school, you may have been taught that he traveled across the US, bringing the gift of healthy apples to every community he visited (you should eat apples because they’re good for you and that’s the moral of the story). That’s only partially true. The […]
Have you ever had your car break down in the middle of the road? It’s not an enjoyable situation. Your car has to be safely pulled to the side of the road. Then you likely open your hood and take a look at the engine. Who knows why? What’s strange is that you do this […]
