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How Diabetes Raises Your Risk of Hearing Loss

Genetic predisposition, aging, and prolonged exposure to loud noise are all familiar factors that can contribute to hearing loss. However, you might find it intriguing to understand the connection between diabetes and hearing loss. Allow us to elaborate. How does diabetes increase your risk of hearing loss? As per the CDC, 9% or 37 million […]

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When to Consult an ENT for Painful Swallowing

Painful swallowing is something that pretty much everyone has experienced at some point. When we were kids, our mothers often blamed it on something going down the “wrong pipe,” and we accepted that explanation. As adults, we seek a more precise understanding of why this occurs. Is it an ongoing problem or does it occur […]

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The Truth About Cheap “Hearing Aids”

There are a couple separate ways to interpret the term “cheap hearing aids”. For someone on a tight budget, it means “affordability”. On the other hand, it implies low-quality, turning an apparently economical purchase into a not-so-smart choice, epitomized by the adage “You get what you pay for”. Unfortunately, determining whether you’re getting a great […]

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Can You Get Hearing Loss From Chemotherapy?

Dealing with cancer is awful. Because of this, patients receiving cancer treatment will in some cases feel compelled to disregard cancer treatment side effects, like hearing loss, as insignificant. But it’s critical to keep in mind that, for a great many cancer patients, there is life after your disease. And you want that life to […]

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How Can You Tell When it’s Time to Get Hearing Aids?

Knowing when you need some medical advice is normally rather easy. When you break your leg, for instance, you know you should go to the doctor (or the emergency room, depending on the scenario). With scenarios like this, simply “toughing it out” isn’t a possibility. If you want your bones to heal properly, you need […]

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Comprehending Hearing Loss During Pregnancy

Sure, pregnancy is awesome and wonderful. But in terms of how it can make you feel, it can be pretty unpleasant, at least in some cases. There are all sorts of strange side effects, including morning sickness, health challenges, and changes to your body. None of this takes away from the delight of being a […]

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The Danger of Falls and How Hearing Aids Can Help

Kids have a tendency to fall on a daily basis. Wiping out on your bicycle? Not unusual. Stumbling over your own feet while you’re running outside? Happens every day. It’s not really a concern because, well, kids are kind of limber. They bounce back pretty easily. The same cannot be said as you get older. […]

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Diving into the Nature of Selective Hearing

The only one thing that you asked for was for the trash to be taken out. A little while later you discover your partner failed to do it. When you ask why it didn’t get done, your partner replies “I never heard you ask me”. Curious how that works, how your partner didn’t hear the […]

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These Environmental Allergies Can Wreak Havoc on Your Sinuses

You know those typical cold symptoms? Common things like a runny nose, sneezing, fever, and coughing. The cold virus itself isn’t the cause of most of these symptoms, as it happens. Instead, these symptoms are a by-product of your immune response. It may sound strange, but your immune system produces a fever to safeguard you […]

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4 Ways Hearing Loss Can Impact Your Overall Health

Aging is one of the most common indicators of hearing loss, and let’s face it, try as we may, we can’t escape aging. Sure, dyeing your hair may make you look younger, but it doesn’t really change your age. But you may not be aware that a number of treatable health conditions have also been […]

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