Healthcare News
Noise pollution could be making you sick
Noise pollution is often referred to as the "modern unseen plague" for good reason. It may be unseen but certainly not unheard. It disturbs us practically everywhere we go, day and night. And, besides leading to hearing loss, it impacts our physical and mental health, too.
How high stress can lead to hearing loss and tinnitus
Many Americans cope with chronic high levels of stress and anxiety, which are linked to a variety of health problems. Long-term, the physical changes from chronic stress may trigger hearing loss and other inner ear issues.
Stethoscopes for medical professionals with hearing loss
Like anyone else, a medical professional might have hearing loss in the higher frequencies or they may struggle to hear low frequencies, known as reverse-slope hearing loss. Their hearing loss might be mild enough that they don’t yet wear a hearing device or profound enough to warrant cochlear implants.
Benefits of AI hearing aids
The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) is often the subject of much debate. However, when it comes to your hearing aids, there's no question AI helps the devices enhance user's listening experience.
What to expect after tinnitus habituation
Despite what you may have heard about tinnitus, there are many coping techniques to find relief from tinnitus in the short term, and thanks to a mental process called habituation, you can get to a place where it stops bothering you entirely, where your brain just tunes it out like it does all other meaningless background noise.