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How Hearing Loss Impacts Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a great time to reflect on the many facets of mental health and how we can take care of ourselves mentally and emotionally. As hearing health professionals, we’d like…
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Hearing Health is Part of Overall Health: How Other Health Conditions May Affect Hearing
Sometimes it’s easy to believe that health conditions are isolated to one part of the body. But that’s not true; for example, heart disease doesn’t just affect the heart. Health conditions like these are complex…
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National Speech-Language-Hearing Month: Connecting People
It’s May, which means it’s National Speech-Language-Hearing Month(NSLHM)! Formerly known as Better Hearing and Speech Month, NSLHM is a time when the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) joins with the American…
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What is Unilateral Hearing Loss?
What is Single Sided Deafness? Sometimes referred to as unilateral hearing loss, single sided deafness is a condition in which an individual experiences hearing loss in only one ear but can hear normally out of…
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What is Sudden Hearing Loss?
For most people who experience hearing loss, the condition comes on gradually over a period of years. In rare cases, an abrupt loss of hearing occurs with little or no warning. This condition is known…
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What is Noise Induced Hearing Loss?
How Can Sounds Hurt Your Ears? Background sound is a constant in our busy lives. Normally, background noises are at safe levels that do not negatively impact our hearing. But repeated exposure to noise above…
