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You’re Taking Risks if You go With Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

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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Ear Wax Accumulation: What You Need to Understand

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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Do I Need to Have my Hearing Aid Repaired Professionally?

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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Isn’t it Time You Considered a Hearing Aid Upgrade?

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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Swimmer’s Ear, What’s the Cause?

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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How Auditory Training Can be Improved by AudioBooks

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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Those Late Night Bar Visits Could be Contributing to Your Tinnitus

Do you recollect the old tale of Johnny Appleseed? When you were younger you most likely heard the story of how Johnny Appleseed journeyed around providing fresh apples to communities (you should eat apples because they are good for you and that’s the moral of the story). That’s only somewhat accurate. The real Johnny Appleseed […]

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Don’t Turn Off That Hearing Aid if You’re Looking for Happiness!

As we age, we all recognize that hearing loss and specific mental health concerns can progress in spite of a healthy, active lifestyle. And scientists have discovered a strong link between the two that shouldn’t be overlooked and it will help if you don’t turn that hearing aid off. Depression is twice as likely in […]

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