We not only eat to sustain ourselves but to connect to others. Eating is often a social event, sharing food, recipes, and ideas. In fact, research from the University of Oxford shows that when people often share meals together, they are more likely they are to feel happy and satisfied with their lives. When the COVID 19 pandemic temporarily closed …
Connecting People | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
Do you suffer from hearing loss? It’s important to remember that you aren’t alone. Commonly associated with the elderly, today we understand that hearing loss can affect anyone at any age. Around one in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard hearing …
A Link Between Gout & Hearing Loss
Do you ever experience a severe pain in your foot or big toe? This often signifies gout, a common and complex form of arthritis. You wouldn’t think that a condition affecting your feet would affect your hearing as well, however, recent studies have indicated a strong connection between the two conditions. What is Gout? Most typically gout manifests itself as foot …
Headphones & Hearing Aids
Do you suspect you have hearing loss and think you could benefit from hearing aids? Today’s hearing aids offer advancements which far surpass those of the past. While analog hearing aids of the past amplified every sound across the board, today’s digital hearing aids can be programed to amplify only the sounds you struggle with based on your hearing exam. …
Tinnitus Can Be Alleviated with Meditation
Do you ever find yourself decompressing at the end of a busy day, just to be confronted with an insistent ringing in your ears? This is the sound of tinnitus and aside from distracting it can cause chronic stress anxiety and sleeplessness. When tinnitus won’t quit, it can make it difficult to focus on your daily life, affecting work, relationships, …
Maintaining an Active Lifestyle with Hearing Aids
Do you remember the hearing aids your grandparents used to wear? If so, you likely think of hearing aids as bulky, cumbersome, and subject to feedback. However, like all technology, hearing aids have come quite a long way in the past 20 years. The old analog technology of hearing aids is now replaced with sleek digital hearing aids which offer …
Millennials, Gen Z and the Rise of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is the third most chronic condition for older adults in the US affecting 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 and half of all 75 and older. Even so, hearing loss can affect people of any age. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 10% of Millennials have some degree of hearing loss and …
Myths about Hearing Aids
It’s estimated that one in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older have hearing loss in both ears. 28 million could benefit from hearing aids, however of those who could benefit from treatment only 20 percent ever do. Part of what keeps people from addressing their hearing loss is a lack of …
How do Hearing Aids Work?
It’s estimated that about 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids; however , only 20% of those who could benefit have ever tried them. Putting off treatment of hearing impairments can lead to rifts in your closest relationships, chronic depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, and a higher risk of accidents leading to hospitalization. The sooner you diagnose and …
A Link Between Hearing Loss & Cardiovascular Disease
The health of our heart is essential as it pumps and distributes healthy oxygenated blood to our brains, cells, and organs throughout our body. Maintaining a healthy heart is attainable with regular exercise a healthy diet and regular doctor visits to monitor for complications. However, all too often heart disease becomes the leading cause of death in the US, prematurely …