Have you experienced these problems? Traditional Hearing Tests Standard/traditional hearing tests often involve something along the lines of “press the button when you hear the beep.” Although those standard methods are good at finding problems which need medical attention, far fewer than ten percent of all hearing problems need or require medical attention. There are…
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Introduction: This is an often-asked question among professionals and among people with hearing loss.The answer is variable and is not as straight forward as any of us would like. One of the reasons this question is so difficult is that it may indeed be the wrong question (see below).Nonetheless, the answer with which I am…
One of the most common questions, and complaints, we get from patients is about the ‘ringing’ in their ears! Tinnitus (pronounced tin·ni·tus or tin-night-us), is the sensation of sound in your ears or sometimes in your head. Each person with tinnitus has a different sound experience; for most it is described as a ‘ringing’ sound,…
Let me start by stating, unequivocally, that treating hearing loss and tinnitus is not elective healthcare. Healthy hearing is medically necessary for your social, emotional, physical, and cognitive health. Untreated hearing loss separates us from others, reduces our initiative to get out, socialize and exercise, increases our risk of depression, stress and anxiety, and may…
Chances are, if you are worried about your memory and if you wake up most mornings lacking motivation, feeling moody and fatigued, then you may not be feeding your brain what it needs to fight back against decline! The chemical signals in our brain feed off what we eat and are essential for quality of…
Did you know there is a connection between heart health, hearing health and cognitive decline? While having a healthy heart is key to living longer, for those with cardiovascular disease (including high blood pressure and poor cholesterol) it is even more important that you understand how an unhealthy heart can damage your ears and your…
Most of us know somebody, perhaps a parent, grandparent, neighbor, or friend, who has been diagnosed with the life-altering diagnosis of dementia. Unfortunately, the 3 words, ‘you have dementia’ are spoken too often. Every 3 seconds another person is diagnosed with dementia, and rates of dementia are predicted to triple in the next 25 years.…
Most of us remember a time when we would (literally) fall down and get right back up. But this doesn’t seem to be the case as we get older. Falling can be one of the most devastating events in an adult’s life and can lead to the loss of independence, or worse. In the past…
