Hearing loss is an invisible condition and is one of the top three public health concerns in the nation. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), around 15% of adult Americans have reported issues with their hearing and close to 30 million would gain from wearing hearing aids. Unfortunately, hearing health is not at …
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!
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 …
Tips for Driving with Hearing Aids
Every time we get into our car and hit the open road, safety becomes a concern. The average number of car accidents in the U.S. reach over 6 million annually, and the average number of motor vehicle crash deaths is 10 per 100,000 people a year. Careful driving requires strong visual and auditory senses in …
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, …
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 …
Encouraging a Loved One to Take 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 …
Identifying the Signs of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss may seem like an obvious condition to identify, but it’s not as easy to notice as one may think. The signs of hearing loss can be vague and develop slowly, or they can be obvious and begin suddenly. Our ears are advanced and perceptive sensory organs. Just as other parts of our bodies show …
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