Did you know even mild hearing loss can cause stress? With over 48 million Americans (20% of the country’s population!) dealing with hearing loss, understanding the link between hearing loss and our overall health and well being is very important. Watch this video webinar to learn more about the link between hearing loss and your brain’s function and how you can prevent the resulting stress and cognitive decline.

You may have heard that hearing loss can lead to a cognitive decline, but did you also know that recent research has shown wearing hearing aids may reverse cognitive decline? Recent studies of individuals who have had memory loss as they age and then started wearing hearing aids have shown some memory improvement.

Many people are still concerned about going out during the Covid-19 pandemic, but rest assured that with the proper precautions, you can get back to your daily life, including visiting your hearing care specialist. While a lot of people have chosen to delay non-emergency medical visits, skipping the appointment with your hearing care specialist can affect your well-being. We have put together a list of tips to help ease your mind and keep you safe during any medical visit.

Mark your calendar! We are celebrating our new Simponsville office location Friday, July 31st from 3 pm to 5 pm and we would love for you to join us!

The new Widex Moment™ is going to change the way you hear sounds, something we know that many people have been hoping for!

There are lots of ways Sound Hearing Care can continue to provide you with expert hearing and tinnitus care while also maintaining social distancing guidelines to keep you and your loved ones safe. These include: curbside care, Teleheath calls, remote programming and much more. For more info, read our COVID-19 blog update.

Vitamins are known to help certain parts of our body. Vitamin D helps our bones and vitamin A can strengthen our vision. Many people may wonder if any vitamins can help our hearing? While there hasn’t been any indication that vitamins can improve your hearing, they won’t harm it either.

During times of stress and anxiety, our tinnitus symptoms can often be more pronounced than what is normal for us. Many tinnitus sufferers are experiencing increased tinnitus symptoms, which is brought on by stress and anxiety during the public health crisis of COVID-19. The American Tinnitus Association wants to remind those suffering from tinnitus to take care of themselves and review our recommended tips to help you manage stress and reduce your tinnitus symptoms.

Millions of people around the world experience tinnitus at some point in their life. Tinnitus is described as ringing inside your ear that no one else can hear. The actual sound differs for everyone. Some people hear a steady noise, and other people hear a pulsating noise. It can be both temporary or permanent. It can come and go depending on the environment around you. If you are one of the millions of people that has tinnitus, you may wonder if there is a connection to hearing loss.

For cancer survivors that received cranial radiotherapy, platinum chemotherapy, or both, may experience hearing loss as a side effect once treatment is over. It is pertinent that clinicians educate their patients about prioritizing hearing loss and finding care immediately. As part of the medical community, clinicians should raise awareness about hearing loss after surviving cancer.

Sound Hearing Care offers a revolutionary cleaning system that can resurrect your dirty or broken hearing aids. Our secret is water. Yes, water! And it will save you hundreds of dollars on repairs!

TIME has named the Starkey Livio AI Rechargeable 2400 Hearing Aids as one of the best inventions of 2019. Now that’s saying something! For a limited time, Sound Hearing Care has a fantastic offer for patients who purchase the Starkey Livio AI Rechargeable 2400 Hearing Aids. Learn more about this amazing hearing aid and all of the features and benefits it has to help you live your best life!

Hearing aids can occasionally whistle, just like your phone can when it's too close to another device that sends out a signal (such as a radio). This whistling is called hearing aid feedback and can be frustrating and embarrassing because it can happen at any time or anywhere. However, if you know what causes it and what to do about it, then you can help prevent it or resolve it fast.

Sodium is often the culprit of many diseases, including tinnitus and Meniere’s disease. Usually, if a doctor tells you to stick to a low-sodium diet, it can feel frustrating trying to figure out where to even begin because our culture includes an excessive amount of sodium in almost all foods found in grocery stores and restaurants. Read our tips for helping manage your tinnitus symptoms with a low-sodium diet.

Living with hearing loss can be incredibly challenging and frustrating. You miss an essential part of a conversation or the punch line in a funny joke because there was too much background noise. While your hearing aids work wonders in some situations, in others they might have difficulty keeping up. Read our recommendation to help you appreciate the wonderful things you have in your life.

Did you know that there is a connection between hearing issues and sleep difficulties? When a person has a hearing loss or tinnitus, it can negatively affect sleep. Read more to find out how the two are related.

The holidays are just around the corner, and that usually means traveling to see family and friends. When you travel by airplane, the sound of the engines can bother your sensitive ears. As we always tell people, it is vital to protect your hearing when you know you will be exposed to loud noises. Your ears can only handle so much noise before it can affect your hearing.

The months of November and December typically have your calendar filled with family, friend, and coworker gatherings. At Sound Hearing Care, we want you to be comfortable during loud social situations, and we have compiled a list of tips to keep in mind during the busy social holiday season.

If you find yourself struggling to carry on conversations with people or hearing people in noisy restaurants because of your hearing loss, then clEAR Auditory Brain Training might be the solution you’ve been looking for.

Millions of people around the world suffer from tinnitus, which can be very debilitating depending on the severity. If you have tinnitus and it doesn’t bother you then that might have something to do with the way your brain processes emotions. The University of Illinois conducted a study that revealed that people who have tinnitus also process emotional sounds differently. The study also showed that there are differences in the areas of the brain that are used for processing emotions.