If you’re not very wealthy, a car really isn’t an impulse buy. Which means you will probably do a great deal of research first. You look at reviews, you assess prices, and you evaluate gas mileage. (You’re on Google a lot.) This level of research makes sense! You’re about to drop tens of thousands of […]
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It’s a common first reaction – denial. My loved one must be just making it seem like their hearing loss is worse than it actually is. She’s not old enough to need a hearing aid. Maybe, the two of you have begun to kid around with one another about it. Your loved one always asks […]
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Millions of years ago, the world was much different. This steamy, volcano-laden landscape is where the long-necked Diplacusis wandered. Thanks to its extra long neck and tail, Diplacusis was so big that it was afraid of no predator. Actually, Diplodocus is the long-necked dinosaur from the Jurassic Period. Diplacusis is a hearing affliction that causes […]
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“Voicebox” is a rather inaccurate term. You may have, at one time in your life, envisioned your voicebox as a literal box inside of your throat. Your actual voicebox isn’t really box-like at all and is a bit stranger. When people use the phrase “voicebox,” they’re usually talking about an organ in your throat called […]
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Do you remember those gallon buckets of ice cream you used to find at supermarkets? An entire gallon of ice cream, yum! But as you grow up, you begin to get a bit more specific. Your ice cream preferences get more specialized and you have a tendency to go for your favorite brand. All of […]
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Don’t forget to wash your ears. It’s hard not to say that in your “parenting” voice. Perhaps when you were a kid you even recall your parents telling you to do it. As you get wrapped up in past nostalgia, that sort of memory can take you back to simpler times. But that advice can […]
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You go above and beyond to be certain your hearing aids are well taken care of. Cleaning them every day, you make sure they are safe and comfortable on their charger when you go to sleep. But you get pretty discouraged when your hearing aids suddenly stop working the way they did once. Fortunately, there […]
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While it might be true that older hearing aids are better than nothing, chances are what little benefit you get from them may be costly. Within the past few years, hearing aid technology has made significant advancements. It’s gone from analog to digital, for one thing, and there are features today that weren’t even in […]
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Imagine you’re a detective in an old fashioned noir movie. You’re taking a hard-nose approach to catching the killer and your one clue is that they have Swimmer’s ear. So there’s a lengthy montage (with dramatic music) as you dig through old high school yearbooks and local newspaper articles. You’re looking to see if any […]
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Books-on-tape was what we used to call them, once upon a time. Back then, of course, we didn’t even have CDs never mind streaming services. These days, they have a much better name; audiobooks. With an audiobook, you will listen to the book being read by a narrator. It’s kind of like when you were […]
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