When it comes to maintaining your hearing health there are hundreds of recommendations intended to prevent or delay hearing loss. One such suggestion can easily be incorporated into something you’re likely already doing in your everyday life... eating a balanced diet...
Hearing Loss Increases Your Risk of Falling
The snow and ice that comes and goes through the winter months in Missouri can be both beautiful and dangerous. The snow and ice can make it particularly hard to get around and also increase your chance of falling. A study conducted by Johns Hopkins University in...
Hearing Loss More Likely In Diabetes Patients
Two of the most widespread health issues in America are diabetes and hearing loss. Several studies have found that the two issues are linked, although no precise cause has been named. A study by the National Institutes of Health found that people with diabetes are...
Link Between Hearing Loss & Dementia Found
Johns Hopkins University & National Institutes of Health Discover Link between Hearing Loss & Dementia Recent studies have linked untreated and undiagnosed hearing loss to: Irritability, anger, & negative attitude. Fatigue, depression, stress, &...
Listening Is Hard Work With Untreated Hearing Loss
What is "listening fatigue"? It’s not unusually for people to be tired when they leave work. For those people with hearing loss, the weariness is multiplied by the strain of deciphering what people were saying all day. This is known as listening fatigue. A normal...
Does Hearing Loss Affect Memory?
Hearing impairment can be frustrating for people with hearing loss and their loved ones. When you lose normal hearing ability--even if it's a mild hearing loss-- it's hard to understand what someone says when they are speaking from across the room. It is even more...