How Can Hearing Aids Grow Your Social Circle?
Making and maintaining friendships is hard. For those with hearing loss, growing a social circle comes with added difficulties. Let’s take a look at how hearing loss impacts your ability to maintain a healthy social circle and how hearing aids can help. How Does Hearing Loss Impact Social Relationships? A 2009 study found that hearing…
Enhance Your Hearing, Health and Well-Being in the New Year
As we embark on a new year, it’s time to prioritize your overall health and well-being. While we often set resolutions for improving our health, it’s common to forget the importance of hearing health. Addressing hearing loss not only improves your ability to communicate with the world around you but also safeguards your overall health…
How Cleaning Hearing Aids Can Prevent Infection
Hearing aids are a common tool used by seven percent of adults over 45 years old to enhance their hearing capabilities. However, if not cleaned and maintained properly, they can become a breeding ground for bacteria and fungi. This is due to the moist and cool environment within your ear where the hearing aids reside….
Using Hearing Aids To Improve Safety
Approximately 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from the use of hearing aids. Hearing aids are best known for improving the wearer’s ease of communication, but the small devices may provide benefits you haven’t yet considered. In addition to more accessible communication, hearing aids can enhance your safety and give you a greater sense of…
What to Know About Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly targets and attacks healthy cells in the body. Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) specifically involves the immune system misidentifying normal ear cells as harmful, leading to an attack that results in hearing loss. AIED is rare, affecting only one percent of the 28 million Americans with hearing…
How Can Hearing Aids Improve Your Next TV Binge?
Approximately 37.7 million adults in the U.S. report some trouble hearing. If you’re navigating the personal change of adjusting to hearing aids, simple tasks such as watching TV can feel a little frustrating. Luckily, there are still several ways to comfortably watch your favorite shows alongside your family and friends without needing to turn up…
Can You Use Hearing Aids on Video Calls?
Whether you work from home and have regular video meetings with your coworkers or use video calls to keep in touch with family that lives far away, there’s no denying this technology makes it easier than ever to stay connected to people from any location. While hearing loss can make all communication, including video calls,…
A Music Lover’s Guide to Hearing Aids
If you love going to go to concerts at the Sioux City Orpheum or can spend hours perusing through record stores, chances are music is very important to you. If you use hearing aids, you might be concerned that you won’t be able to hear songs the way you used to. The good news is…
Will Humidity Affect Your Hearing Aids?
Breathing in that crisp fall air by McCook Lake is an unsurprisingly humid experience. Humidity can make it feel warmer and cause frizzy hair, but it may also play a role in hearing aid care. Hearing aids are small but technologically advanced devices worn by approximately 7.1% of adults aged 45 and older. The remarkable…
Accommodating Your Hearing Loss While Job Searching
Beginning a job search with hearing loss can be a nerve-racking experience. Whether you’re just starting the application process or shopping at Sora Boutique for the perfect interview outfit, there are steps you can take along the way to accommodate your hearing loss and ensure a smooth job search journey. Some preparations you choose to…