How to Advocate For Yourself in Medical Settings With Hearing Loss
Living with hearing loss can make navigating medical environments more difficult. With nearly 48 million Americans experiencing some degree of hearing loss, it’s crucial to ensure effective communication with medical professionals. To help you manage this, here are four strategies to advocate for yourself in medical settings when you have hearing loss. Notify Medical Personnel…
What Does Fluttering in The Ear Mean?
Experiencing a fluttering sensation in your ear can be likened to a butterfly flapping its wings within your ear canal. While most causes aren’t severe, they can affect your hearing and overall quality of life. Common Causes The root causes of ear fluttering vary, making diagnosis challenging due to the absence of a clear set…
Don’t Overlook These Four Signs of Hearing Loss
As you age, your risk of developing hearing loss increases. In fact, over half of adults 75 and older have some degree of age-related hearing loss. However, you can’t always expect to notice it right away as symptoms can come on gradually. To ensure that you are able to catch and treat your hearing loss…
What to Know About OTC Hearing Devices
New regulations for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid sales came into effect on Oct. 17, 2022, which means adults aged 18 or older can purchase the devices – even without the essential help of a hearing health care professional. Knowing the facts about these OTC hearing devices can help patients with all types of hearing loss…
Hearing Aids & Babies: The First Six Months
Thanks to the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) guidelines created in the year 2000, babies are screened for hearing loss by one month of age, get a diagnostic hearing test by three months of age if necessary and receive intervention services by six months of age. The CDC estimates that, because of this program,…
Hearing Protection for Musicians – What Are the Options?
Hearing is an important sense that connects us to the world around us, including our loved ones. But for musicians, the sense of hearing is also an important part of their livelihood. If you’re a musician, it’s important to protect your most valuable asset. How Do We Hear? Soundwaves from your environment are captured by…
How Your Ears Work
You’ve probably not given too much thought to their ears, unless you’re getting them pierced or covering them up when it’s cold outside. But these complex organs demand some attention and respect. They are able to collect and process sounds and transmit them to the brain for interpretation. Structures of the Ear The ear is made up of three sections: the…