Hearing Tips

The Real Cost of Hearing Loss

If you had the chance to prevent or lessen the risk of cognitive decline as you grew older, how much would you be prepared to pay for it? What would you say to 15 dollars per week? That’s roughly the cost of a professionally-programmed set of hearing aids, which the most recent research shows can

January 21, 2016

A Short History of Hearing Aids

We may take it as a given that our hearing aids are hardly detectable, can be managed with our cell phones, and can discern between speech and background sound. What we might not realize, however, is that those capabilities are the products of 400 years of experiment, design, and enhancement. Even 5 years ago, hearing

January 14, 2016

5 Resolutions for a Healthy New Year

Picture your life in 2016 with half the stress and double the energy. Who wouldn’t want that? While almost everyone aspires to improved health, it’s not a secret that most health-related New Year’s resolutions fail. We are inclined to create resolutions that are too challenging or too complex—all in the name of acquiring quick, extreme

January 7, 2016

10 Surprising Facts About Hearing Loss

Quick question: how many people in the United States are afflicted with some form of hearing loss? What is your answer? I’m inclined to bet, if I had to guess, that it was short of the correct answer of 48 million people. Let’s take a shot at another one. How many individuals in the United

December 24, 2015