Sudden changes to your hearing can be alarming. If you’ve been hearing fine one day and feel like sounds around you are muffled the next day, it can be disconcerting and uncomfortable. You might wonder just how common sudden hearing loss is, and what you can do about it. What is Sudden Hearing Loss? Hearing loss is often a gradual process, where the sounds in your environment, unsafe listening practices, or the natural aging process …
Patients With Untreated Hearing Loss Incur Higher Health Care Costs Over Time
Do you struggle to hear, and have difficulty communicating with family, friends, and colleagues? If you’ve been living with untreated hearing loss, you might not be too keen on seeking treatment. Like many Americans, you think struggling through a few conversations doesn’t seem too bad, and you don’t want to invest in hearing devices. But would you change your mind if you knew that those with untreated hearing loss incur high health care costs, and …
Hearing loss patients at higher risk of hospital readmission
If you have hearing loss, you know how difficult it can be to get through the day. You struggle to communicate with your family during breakfast, narrowly avoid an accident on the way to work since you didn’t hear the warning honk from the car in your blind spot, and have a difficult time following the conversation during the weekly staff meeting. You get home from work exhausted, and cancel your evening plans with friends, …
Enjoying the Holidays with Hearing Loss
The holidays are almost here, and you’ve already started decorating. You’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year, and Christmas is just around the corner. Whether you’ve invited the whole family for dinner, or are joining the celebration at your daughter’s house, the holidays are bound to get a bit loud. Are you worried about your hearing loss during the holiday weekend? If you’re struggling to hear and have a hard time with conversations, here are some …
As an invisible disability, hearing loss often goes ignored
No one likes to be just a statistic – so we at HearCare encourage you not to join the 20% of Americans with hearing loss who so NOT seek treatment. Call and get a hearing test today – its non-invasive, its private and hearing is so, so necessary. Don’t be part of the growing problem of untreated hearing loss in adults. Hearing loss numbers The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders calculates 17% …
Travel Tips for The Hearing Impaired
There is no reason not to travel if you are hearing impaired. Many tourist spots and historical sites have made accommodations for those who have disabilities and that includes assistance for the hearing impaired. Prior to traveling, make sure you drop in and visit us at HearCare to get extra batteries or an extra charger, and to get your hearing aids checked out. Of course, it goes without saying you should also have an updated …
Certain Chemotherapy Treatments May Cause Hearing Loss, Tinnitus
As if chemotherapy treatments weren’t enough, cancer survivors often experience a variety of common side effects caused by treatments and therapies, such as nausea and hair loss. But more uncommonly known is the fact that your chemotherapy can cause hearing loss. The treatments that save your life may also be causing damage to in your inner ear structures that lead to hearing problems. The Link Between Chemotherapy and Hearing Loss Ototoxicity is the property of …
Hearing Loss & Your Heart Health
In the early 1900s, an unusual safety practice developed amongst miners. Coal miners worked in constant danger of exposure to toxic, undetectable gas being accidentally released in the mining process. Gas exposure could be deadly so miners developed a safety system to warn them when gas was present: a living, caged canary was brought into the mine with them. The song bird was very sensitive to the presence of gas and would die in the …
Musician Huey Lewis Cancels 2018 Tour due to Hearing Loss
Huey Lewis is the lead singer, songwriter and harmonica player of the band Huey Lewis and the News. Huey Lewis and the News is a pop rock band based out of San Francisco, who had a string of extremely successful singles through the eighties and early nineties. The band was most well known for their retro throwback feel and Huey’s distinctive voice. Their most successful album, Sports, was released in 1983 and during this month …
Invest in Better Headphones to Help Prevent Hearing Los
Listening to music on the go has become an exciting innovation in music technology. Anywhere you go you probably witness people with earbuds or larger headphones creating the soundtrack to their lives. Although headphones bring music into our lives as we travel through the day, they also come with some risks. Some headphones can contribute to hearing loss through loud volumes and prolonged exposure to noise. One of the greatest risks of headphones is the …