Our family, our friends, our hobbies, and our social activities are enriching to our lives. These are some of the things we need to stay engaged in as we age. The benefits are not just emotional or intellectual – they actually contribute to our overall health and longevity. How does this correlate with our hearing …
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 …
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 …