Spring cleaning is more than an activity — it’s a mindset. Beyond the dusting, de-cobwebbing, and cleaning behind furniture, what else could benefit from a deep dive? Your hearing technology. The holidays and long winter months can throw even the...
5 Tips for Embracing Your Hearing Tech
Just as the road to better hearing can take time — hearing-aid users on average waited a decade-plus after diagnosis before getting hearing technology — it’s natural to need an adjustment period with your new devices. Learning to embrace and...
Winter’s Here: Protect Your Ears
As the last leaves fall from deciduous trees, cupboards fill with yummy holiday treats, and bears dig in for a season of sleep, are your ears ready for winter? From allergies and colder temps to the louder sounds of the...
Resolve to Hear Better This Year: 12 Things You Don’t Want to Miss
Your world is filled with sound, from Grandpa’s loud, satisfied proclamation, “Yeah, that’s good coffee,” to the quiet shuffle of a child’s crayon on paper. Better hearing means never missing a moment. Here are 12 reasons to stay on —...
Hearing Loss and Work: The 6 Most At-Risk Occupations
Most of us assume that we can pinpoint the causes of our hearing loss — too many loud concerts in our youth, living near a busy airport, illness, injury, age, overdoing it on ototoxic medications, etc. In reality, hearing loss...
5 Professional Benefits of Better Hearing
Better Hearing Boosts Income? Starting on a better-hearing journey improves your life in many ways, from overall health to mental health to relationships. As it turns out, there’s yet another area of your life that improves when you treat hearing...
Childhood Hearing Loss and … BULLYING?
Hearing-impaired youth of school age appear to be bullied at a greater rate than their typical-hearing counterparts, according to a University of Texas at Dallas study published earlier this year in the journal Exceptional Children. The study, “Effect of Hearing...
5 Ways to Support Your HEARing Health
The whir of a hummingbird. The warning of an approaching ambulance. The round of laughter after your deviously funny — and deftly delivered — wedding toast. That sublime guitar riff or soulful crescendo in your favorite song. As we celebrate...
From Grilling to Graduation: Tips for Hearing Well With Friends and Family
You watch the road while listening to music in the car. You listen to your cousin’s crazy stories while playing board games with nieces and nephews. You’re a pro at listening while your eyes are focused on something else, right?...
From Festivities to Feasts: 6 Tips to Hear Your Best at Parties and Dinners
There are countless ways for you to hear your best this holiday and endless events to practice at. When you find out what works best for you, you’re giving yourself the greatest gift of all: connection. Check out our six...