While everyone deserves to hear clearly, there are a few professions that require excellent hearing, and if you’re an air traffic controller, an emergency dispatcher, or anyone working in law enforcement, hearing clearly is important for everyone’s safety. Hearing is also essential in many factory and trade jobs, and if you’re unable to hear someone yell a warning, you’re far more likely to have a serious workplace accident. Another profession that relies on hearing are …
Symptoms of Memory Loss Could Actually Be Hearing Loss
A recent study in the Canadian Journal on Aging tries to understand two complicated and easily misunderstood conditions. On the one hand, memory loss afflicts many people, particularly those who are older in age, and we still know strikingly little about the workings of serious conditions such as dementia. Although the symptoms of memory loss are clear to those who experience it as well as loved ones and family members, the cause of memory loss, …
Tips for Better Communication with People with Hearing Loss
If you have a loved one, friend, or partner with untreated hearing loss, you are familiar with the struggle to understand one another. The scene often begins with a phrase spoken in the other direction, without the ability to see one another, at too quiet a volume, or in a noisy place. When you speak those words, it begins a long chain of confusion between the two of you. Some people try to hide the …
Hearing Loss is an Important Part of Caring for Your Health as You Age
Things change as you get older. Some of us battle aging, but many of us cope with it and try to stay as healthy as we can. We go to the doctor regularly, get all the recommended screenings, and add a trip to the dentist and eye doctor as needed. You should be adding an annual hearing evaluation at HearCare RI to stay healthy and young. Maintaining your hearing health is important to your general …
Start the Year Off Right with an Annual Hearing Test
Its resolution time! Maybe you are going to try and hit the gym more, take a hydro-exercise class at the pool, eat healthy, absorb a little more cultural activities or devote yourself to a little more “me” time. Whatever the resolution, resolve to take a step towards better hearing with an annual hearing test at HearCare Rhode Island. These are just some of the reasons why it’s a great idea! Hearing loss creeps up on …
Understanding Sudden Hearing Loss
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 …
A Connection between Diabetes and Hearing Loss
When it comes to your hearing health, some causes of hearing loss seem pretty obvious. Everyone knows that extremely loud noises can cause hearing loss, and that age slowly wears away at your hearing. But there are many causes of hearing loss you might not know about, and if you’re one of the 30 million Americans who have diabetes, your hearing may be at risk. What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that affects insulin …
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 …