Millions of years ago, the world was quite a bit different. This steamy, volcano-laden landscape is where the long-necked Diplacusis wandered. Thanks to its really long neck and tail, Diplacusis was so large that it was afraid of no predator. Actually, the long-necked dinosaur from the Jurassic Period is called Diplodocus. When you’re hearing two […]
Denial is a common first response. Of course, my loved one’s hearing loss isn’t as bad as it seems. She’s too young to need a hearing aid. It’s possible, the both of you have begun to kid around with each other about it. She is always requesting that you repeat what you said. You laugh […]
Summer is here! This summer season has a lot of fun. But don’t forget about your hearing’s health before you go out for a day on the beach, a rocking concert, or maybe a great backyard get-together. Loud noises can damage your hearing, even if you don’t feel like they’re that loud. In the summer […]
Do you recall those gallon buckets of ice cream you used to get at supermarkets? An entire gallon of ice cream, yum! But as you grow up, you begin to get a little more specific. You start going for the more specialized ice cream: the Haagen-Daaz, the Tillamook, the Ben & Jerry’s. All of a […]
When you shower, always remember to wash your ears. It’s hard not to say that in your “parenting” voice. Maybe when you were a kid you even remember your parents telling you to do it. That’s the type of memory that can take you back to simpler times as you wrap yourself in the nostalgia […]
Are you familiar with what a cyborg is? If you get swept up in science fiction movies, you likely think of cyborgs as sort of half-human, half machine characters (these characters are typically cleverly utilized to touch on the human condition). Hollywood cyborgs can seem extremely bizarre. But the truth is that, technically, anyone who […]
You take good care of your hearing aids. When you go to sleep, you always put them snuggly on the charger and you clean them daily. But you get pretty discouraged when your hearing aids suddenly stop working the way they used to. There are a few things you can do to diagnose the problem, […]
While it could be true that older hearing aids are better than no hearing aids, chances are what small advantage you get from them may be costly. Within the past few years, hearing aid technology has made considerable advancements. It’s changed to digital from analog, for one thing, and there are features now that weren’t […]
Assistive listening devices and hearing aids can be used to treat the common condition of hearing loss. Unfortunately, hearing loss frequently goes undiagnosed and unaddressed. For people with hearing loss, this can trigger feelings of social-isolation and depression. And these feelings of depression and separation can be enhanced by the breakdown of professional and personal […]
In the past they were known as “books-on-tape”. Naturally, that was long before CDs, not to mention digital streaming. Nowadays, people call them audiobooks (which, to be honest, is a much better name). With an audiobook, you can listen to the book being read by a narrator. It’s sort of like having somebody read a […]
