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Can Hearing Aids Help You Build Friendships?
Hearing loss can make it difficult to connect and build meaningful relationships with those around you. If you feel hearing loss is affecting your ability to enjoy a healthy social circle, hearing aids may be…
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Make 2024 the Year of Hearing Protection
In a world filled with action-packed movies, concerts, heavy machinery and sound-blaring headphones, it’s all too easy to damage your hearing. You rely on your hearing to enjoy your favorite music, hear the specials at…
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What to Know About Speechreading
Speechreading is a useful tactic that allows those differing levels of hearing loss to follow conversations; it’s also known as lip reading. Those who use speechreading often use other context clues to understand conversations, including…
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How Hearing Aids Can Enhance Your Game Nights
Game nights are a time for fun, laughter and friendly competition. Whether it’s board games, card games or video games, these gatherings bring people together for memorable moments. However, for those with hearing loss, game…
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How Can Hearing Aids Help On Your Next Move?
About 28.8 million adults could benefit from using hearing aids. Hearing aids improve overall quality of life and provide many added health benefits past just improving your ability to hear. Hearing is integral for maintaining…
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How Can You Prepare Your Kids for Attending School With Hearing Loss?
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 14.9% of children ages six to 19 have low or high-frequency hearing loss of at least 16 decibels. Sending your kids with hearing loss to school for the…
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What Is Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease?
Autoimmune diseases are when your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks normal or healthy cells. Autoimmune inner ear disease, or AIED, is when the body mistakes normal cells for virus or bacteria cells in the ear…
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7 Tips for Holiday Socializing When You Have Hearing Loss
Here comes the holiday season, along with all the fun of reconnecting with your family and friends at special get-togethers. But if you have hearing loss, participating in conversations at noisy events can pose a…
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Don’t Let Hearing Loss Bring You Down
Research shows that people with hearing loss are more likely to experience a fall than peers with normal hearing. It all ties back to the health of the vestibular system.One study from the Johns Hopkins…
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How to Prepare for Job Searching With Hearing Loss
Job searching can be a stressful experience filled with countless applications, phone screens and interview outfit choices. Preparation and accommodations can help prevent hearing loss from adding unnecessary stress to your job search. Personal and…
