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When you live with bothersome tinnitus, having the right coping tools close at hand can make a big difference in the quality of your day. But if you have a smartphone, you already own one of the most powerful tinnitus coping toolkits ever created. There are many apps that can help you to better manage tinnitus…

This spring, when I fell ill with COVID-19, I didn’t leave my apartment for six weeks. Neighbors and friends brought me medicine and food and I mostly kept in touch by texting. I spoke to my doctors by phone or video. I didn’t put on my hearing aids while alone or for these calls. I used headphones…

Many of us may have an ear for music, but what about our brains? Is there such a thing as brain for music? There seems to be. Several scientific studies lead us to believe that the brains of musicians are different from the brains of those who are not musically inclined. The preponderance of evidence…

Whether youre attending a party with friends or having a pop at the local tavern, you’ve no doubt noticed that sound levels increase as the evening wears on. As patrons consume more and more of their favorite brews, volume levels increase to the threshold of pain especially when the band gets up to do its…

In the summer of 2008, the American Heart Association published a recap of an extensive study that establishes a relationship between sudden sensorineural hearing loss, more easily called SSNHL, and stroke. This condition is marked, obviously, with the sudden onset of hearing loss, as in one day you hear fine and a week later you…

It sounds so weird. Like some sort of urban legend. But the fact is well-meaning smoochers have actually done damage to the hearing of the kiss recipient when the kiss is placed just outside the ear canal, aka “the ear kiss.” Kissing comes naturally. You give your spouse a peck on the cheek, a raspberry…

Editor’s Note: This article is written by guest contributor Shanna Groves. She is a mother of three with hearing loss who writes extensively about living with hearing loss and various hearing loss issues. As a hard of hearing (HOH) mother of three, I can become frustrated with not hearing my children’s voices well. And I…

Tis the season. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, the tree is up and decorated and the plans for Christmas dinner are all set. So what’s left? Oh, that’s right – Christmas shopping. And each year, consumer groups report their individual dangerous toys list – toys that have small parts that present…

If you visit Healthy Hearing often, you know that there is a correlation between hearing loss and certain medical ailments such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, among others. But there is also compelling evidence to suggest a link between a hearing loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s, both which are degenerative diseases that lead to progressive memory…

Walk down any hospital hallway and you’ll see nurses, MDs, physician assistants and other health care providers walking around with stethoscopes wrapped around their necks. A stethoscope is just one of the “tools of the trade” in the practice of healthcare. These devices are used for listening to the innards of the body. Your physician…