Improving Sleep While Having Hearing Loss
Many people with hearing loss complain that they don’t get enough sleep, or the quality of their sleep has decreased. While there is no magic solution to improving your sleep, patients with hearing issues can try several different options to help their sleep issues.
Dance into the New Year, even with Hearing Loss!
When you hear about New Year’s Eve, images of parties, champagne, and lots of dancing come to mind. However, when you are living with hearing loss, you may not be comfortable dancing when there is a lot of background noise, and you can’t hear the music or your dance partner well. Before you put away those dancing shoes permanently, read through our thoughts on dancing with hearing loss.
Hearing Issues and Sleep Problems – Are They Related?
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.
Tips for Including Family in Your Hearing Assessment Visit
Hearing loss not only affects the person who can’t hear, but it affects their loved ones as well. Often when a family member suffers from hearing loss, a communication breakdown can happen. When there is difficulty communicating, it can cause friction and put stress on some of the most critical relationships in your life. When you have family support you during your hearing loss is very important, and when you have a family member come to your audiologist visit, it can help your family understand your hearing loss on a deeper level.
Swimming and Ear Issues
The warm summer months always includes a lot of time in the pool, especially for kids. The constant presence of water in the ear canal can lead to something painful...swimmer's ear! It can also lead to temporary hearing loss, which is something you might not be aware of but it happens more often than most people realize.
Could Your Diet be Making Your Tinnitus Worse?
Sufferers of chronic tinnitus will do almost anything for some relief. While there is no scientific proof that certain foods can make your tinnitus worse, some tinnitus sufferers will testify that their tinnitus is always worse after they eat specific foods.
What Your Ears Reveal About Your Health – Part 2
As we revealed in What Your Ears Reveal About Your Health – Part 1, your ears can reveal a lot about your overall health. If you are experiencing new symptoms, it is important to discuss it with your physician and find out if it could expose anything else that you might not know about. It is always important to take the time to listen to what our body is telling us. In the second article of this two-part series, we discuss five more symptoms to be aware of.
Can Exercise Lead to Tinnitus?
Exercise is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your body and mind. However, a noisy gym combined with loud music can damage your hearing and lead to hearing loss or tinnitus. In this article, we explore how exercise can cause hearing loss or tinnitus.
Are You Missing These Five Signs of Hearing Loss?
Hearing loss can happen to anyone and at any age. Surprisingly, only 35 percent of people with hearing loss are over the age of 64. If you have any of the symptoms listed below, it’s important to talk to your doctor and having your hearing checked.
What Your Ears Reveal About Your Health – Part One
Your ears can reveal a lot about your overall health. It is important to pay attention to other signs that your body might be trying to tell you. In the first article of this two-part series, we review the first five symptoms to pay attention.
Surviving a Visit to the Dentist with Tinnitus
Going to the dentist is something that many people dread, but for tinnitus sufferers it can become a nightmare. Even just a simple dental cleaning can cause anxiety with the tool’s dentists use. Scraping away plaque, drilling tools, and keeping your jaw open for a long time can be extremely uncomfortable.
How Hearing Loss Can Have an Effect on Our Body
Did you know that untreated hearing loss can affect your physical and mental health?When you have hearing loss, it not only changes how you hear the world around you, but it can also affect other parts of your body when left untreated for too long.