[ad_1] What sounds do we love? Hearing-aid maker Widex did a survey, asking 1,621 adults in the United States and seven other countries to select the sounds that mattered the most to them. Music and voices topped the list. If you’re a nature-lover, the third most popular sound won’t be a surprise: birds. Among the British, bird song…
Read More[ad_1] Pregnancy is a wonderful time for many women, but most of us would agree the side effects can be exhausting. For some unlucky women, this includes tinnitus and more rarely, hearing loss. Tinnitus, which is a fancy way of saying ringing in the ears, affects roughly 1 in 3 women during pregnancy. It affects approximately 1…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
Read More[ad_1] 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…
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