May is the month designated by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association of America (ASHA) to bring attention and information to one of the nations’ growing health concerns: hearing loss. They are offering the public a variety of resources and avenues of treatment crucial to our hearing health and the importance of its sustainability. One of the …
Hearing Loss Before 50 May Mean Higher Risk of Drug and Alcohol Issues
Hearing loss affects people of all ages and has widespread impacts on an individual, as well as their circle of family and friends. It is important to take care of your hearing health no matter what your age. You can depend on All Ear Doctors’ 26-plus years of experience to help with solutions for your …
Veterans and Hearing Loss
Tinnitus and hearing loss are the top two health conditions among military veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center personnel. If you are a veteran of military service, or getting ready to start service, consider getting a hearing evaluation at All Ear Doctors. If you are a veteran, it is important …
Occupational Hearing Hazards
Noise is everywhere. Some of it has been with us for so long that we just take it for granted – like traffic noise or heating and cooling noise. But we need to realize that sound can reach a certain level where it becomes hazardous and even dangerous. Sometimes there is no escaping the noise …
Tips for Traveling with Hearing Aids
When you’re preparing to travel, the checklist can seem endless! However, it is a necessary component of being prepared to enjoy your experience outside of your familiar environment. Preparation goes a long way in ensuring that you’re ready for any unexpected condition that might arise. While you can pick up that forgotten travel-sized tube of …
Tips for Adjusting to New Hearing Aids
For those who have recently been fitted with a new pair of hearing aids, welcome to a world with clear, crisp sounds. You’ll now be able to keep up with conversations with friends and loved ones, engage in all the activities you love, and feel more connected to the world around you. Hearing devices, the …
Celebrate World Hearing Day on March 3 by Checking Your Hearing!
Most of us don’t enjoy hearing news that is negative in nature, especially when it comes to being diagnosed with hearing loss. No matter how hard we try to deny it, our hearing problems will catch up with us and it is best to be prepared when it does. Hearing loss is an irreversible condition, …
Tips for Selecting a New Pair of Hearing Aids
Perhaps you’ve thought about getting a hearing aid, but you’re worried about how it will look or whether it will really help. Modern hearing aids are smaller than ever before, with discreet design and incredible features that bring significant benefits to your life. When searching for new hearing aids, it is important to have an …
What to Expect at a Hearing Test
Helen Keller once said, “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.” Untreated hearing loss often leads to breakdowns in communication causing strain in our most important relationships. It is often difficult to bring up hearing loss with a loved one. While hearing loss is the third most common medical condition in the …
The Benefits of Treating Hearing Loss
There are 48 million people throughout the US suffering from hearing loss. Of those people, only 20 percent who can benefit from the use of a hearing aid actually wears them. Living with untreated hearing loss can do more damage than originally thought and those who seek treatment see improvements in all aspects of their …