Is There a Link Between Hearing Aids and Vertigo?
We’ve all experienced the occasional bout of dizziness or lightheadedness from standing up too quickly or not eating enough. However, if you deal with frequent spells of feeling as though the room is spinning, you may be dealing with vertigo. Because vertigo is often associated with issues related to the inner ear, some people worry…
Here’s How Hearing Aids Use New Technology to Help You Hear Better in Crowds
Hearing loss can make it harder to hear when you’re in crowded places like a convention center or a busy restaurant. Hearing aids can help you hear better in busy environments by working to suppress background noise and amplify the speech of those around you. However, not all hearing aids are the same when it…
Enjoy These Activities Even More With Hearing Aids
Hearing loss makes life tougher. Not only does it make it harder to understand sounds that are happening around you, but it also makes it harder for you to participate in many of the activities that you enjoy. The good news is that treating your hearing loss with hearing aids can make it easy to…
What Is a Directional Microphone?
If you have hearing loss, you know that listening in places with a lot of background noise or locating where a specific sound is coming from can be difficult. The good news? Hearing aids with directional microphones can help! Let’s take a closer look at how they work and the ways they can benefit you….
How to Help Your Grandchildren Understand Your Hearing Aids
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Among adults aged 45 and over, hearing difficulties increased with age among men and women.” If you’re in this age group and are experiencing hearing loss, your audiologist may have recommended hearing aids. If so, you may be wondering how to help your grandchildren understand…
Why Hearing Aids Are Different from Glasses
According to The Vision Council, “There are 166.5 million US adults (63.7%) wearing Rx eyeglasses as of 2021.” In contrast, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports, “About 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids”; however, only one in five people who could benefit actually uses one. These statistics…
How to Get the Most Out of Your Hearing Aids This Year
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, “Among adults aged 70 and older with hearing loss who could benefit from hearing aids, fewer than one in three (30 percent) has ever used them. Even fewer adults aged 20 to 69 (approximately 16 percent) who could benefit from wearing hearing aids have…
Solutions for Common Hearing Aid Side Effects
According to the findings of a 2019 study published in the Journal of the America Academy of Audiology, “Although a large number of adults with hearing loss who use hearing aids experience some degree of negative side effects, those effects tend to be mild.” If side effects are causing you not to want to wear…
Tips for Holiday Travel with Hearing Aids
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders estimates that, “Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.” This means, if you experience hearing loss, you’re far from alone this holiday season. For those traveling with hearing aids, it can be an especially stressful experience. Fortunately, there…
How to Adjust to Hearing Your Own Voice with Hearing Aids
If you’re new to hearing aids, there’s a lot you have to learn, including how to get used to the sound of your own voice. In fact, according to one study published in Trends in Hearing, “Dissatisfaction with the sound of one’s own voice is common among hearing-aid users.” We review how to get used…