Hearing Health Blog

Your workplace recently adopted the trend of open-office floor plans, encouraging cooperation and teamwork. However, you find yourself having difficulties in this new setup. It’s because the increased noise is making it difficult to follow along with conversation and not because you miss the privacy of cubical walls. Even if conventional hearing tests indicate totally […]

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When you start on a course of medication, it’s normal to want to be educated about any potential side effects. Can it cause digestive problems? Will it cause dehydration? Make you drowsy? There might also be a more serious potential side effect that you might not think of – hearing loss. Lots of different drugs […]

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Is age a factor in the progression of hearing loss? Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent conditions affecting all adults as they get older, but it’s a slow process. Actually, over one half of those 75 and older have a hard time hearing. Presbycusis The slowly advancing condition of hearing loss as we […]

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Sleepless nights are no fun. And when it occurs frequnetly, it’s especially vexing. You toss and turn and maybe stare at the clock (or your phone) and stress about just how exhausted you’ll be the next day. Medical professionals call this sort of chronic sleeplessness “insomnia”. Over time, the effects of persistent insomnia will compound, […]

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You might be acquainted with the numerous factors contributing to hearing loss, such as the impact of getting older, genetic predisposition within families, or prolonged exposure to loud noises. But the link between hearing loss and diabetes isn’t as widely known. Let’s dig a little deeper into that. How is your risk of developing hearing […]

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