Category Archives: Hearing Health

The great musician Bob Marley once said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” While Bob is right, if you let music hit you too hard, it can lead to a lot more than pain. Doctors worry that the steady onslaught of booming music, especially through earbuds, can damage ...click here to read more

Do you cringe when you hear your voice in a video or voicemail? Don’t feel ashamed because many of us react the same way. That playback of our voice sounds completely different, and most of the time we hate it. Even when friends and family assure us we don’t really sound like that, we can’t ...click here to read more

Whether you’ve been smoking for one year, 10 years or almost your whole life, time and time again people have told you it’s bad for you. Maybe you’ve tried quitting numerous times before, but you can’t quite seem to kick the habit. There are many methods to help you quit smoking, like hypnosis, nicotine patches, ...click here to read more

It’s very rare that one condition affects only one part of the body. The body is made up of many connective systems and so when one system goes, others suffer. Case in point, hearing loss doesn’t solely affect your ability to hear. It can affect your entire body. Hearing loss, as of yet, cannot be ...click here to read more

According to the International Osteoporosis Foundation one in three women over the age of 50 will develop osteoporosis – a disease categorized by bones becoming weak and brittle. While commonly referred to as a woman’s disease, men are not immune. In fact, within America alone, nearly two-million men have osteoporosis and another eight to 13 ...click here to read more

With warmer weather comes more outdoor activities. We are no longer cooped up inside our homes. And with grand events going on outdoors, comes louder noises. Fireworks, concerts, construction sites. Although you may not think these three events have anything in common, they do: They can all contribute to your hearing loss. These events are ...click here to read more

Every year brings on new health tests – depending on your age, of course. But it seems the older we get, the more medical testing that must be done on an annual basis. From physicals to colonoscopies and bone density tests, you start feeling like you’re simply a test subject. But annual tests, especially when ...click here to read more

Ladies, have your husbands or male friends ever asked you to repeat something? Men, do you find yourselves repeating, “Sorry, what?” more often? Well, when it comes down to the sexes, men are more prone to hearing loss than women. Now ladies, before you give yourself a pat on the back for your hearing ability, ...click here to read more

Of all the aches and pains we can develop over our lifetime, an ear infection surely is up there. It starts deep in the ear causing unbearable pain and you just want it to go away as fast as it came. But how did it develop? Often, we do not know the real reason as ...click here to read more

Buzzing, ringing and constantly asking, “Could you repeat that?” are all associated with hearing loss. It seems the older you get, the less you can actually hear. You start to raise the volume on the TV or radio and you’re always straining to hear what people are saying. You may think it’s a natural occurrence ...click here to read more

One of the most poignant true-life stories may have given modern scientists and doctors the real reason behind hearing loss. This story is about a man who was very good at what he did. In fact, he was arguably the best in his chosen field. There was only one problem – when people applauded his ...click here to read more

You may have been told that all those years of enduring loud noises is the reason your hearing may be going. But new research is offering some good news for those of us who are hard of hearing. Given our aging population, that’s a lot of us! Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) recently ...click here to read more