You’ve known for a while that you don’t hear as well as you used to, but you’ve been getting by. However, your family or friends may be ‘suggesting’ you go get your hearing checked. ou’re finding it harder to enjoy television or...
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is a public health issue that affects millions of people every year. It is an equal opportunity problem, affecting all ages. It doesn’t distinguish between skin color, sexual orientation, rich or poor. Because we live in the...
Thanks to the millions of vaccinations that have successfully been rolled out, California’s economy is finally open again. There are no capacity limits or social distancing requirements. However, COVID-19 has not gone away quite yet. In order to safely go about our...
May is officially Better Hearing and Speech Month. The NIH (National Institutes of Health) uses these ‘official’ months to raise awareness of a particular public health issue. A brief look at the numbers makes me think we should extend Better Hearing and Speech Month...
I’m a firm believer in the axiom, “knowledge is power.” Not in the monied, power, manipulative sense, but on a personal level. We all have beliefs that are derived from our experience, culture, and knowledge. To continue growing and feeling grounded, it’s important to...
Around 4 million hearing aids are dispensed across the United States each year. While this number is lower than the actual number of people who could benefit from hearing aids (NIDCD estimates that over 28 million Americans would benefit from hearing aids), it still...
