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Four Tips for Dining Out With Hearing Loss
The bustle and background noise of places like Horizon’s Restaurant can make dining out a challenge for people with hearing loss. Thankfully, there are several ways to help yourself hear better and enjoy your dining…
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Understanding the Results of Your Hearing Test
Hearing loss is a common condition that gets more likely as we age. If you’ve noticed that you’re having to turn up the television louder than usual or that conversations are harder to follow when…
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How Does Hearing Loss Impact Learning in Young People?
Hearing is one of the most important senses when it comes to the learning process. This is because ‘overhearing’ is how children learn the bulk of their vocabulary. Students with hearing loss don’t have the…
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4 Ways to Be an Ally to People with Hearing Loss
Hearing loss exists on a spectrum. Some have profound or complete hearing loss that doesn’t respond to treatment. Others have mild to moderate cases that may go unnoticed by those around them. Regardless of severity,…
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What is Unilateral Hearing Loss?
What is Single Sided Deafness? Sometimes referred to as unilateral hearing loss, single sided deafness is a condition in which an individual experiences hearing loss in only one ear but can hear normally out of…
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What is Sudden Hearing Loss?
For most people who experience hearing loss, the condition comes on gradually over a period of years. In rare cases, an abrupt loss of hearing occurs with little or no warning. This condition is known…
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What is Noise Induced Hearing Loss?
How Can Sounds Hurt Your Ears? Background sound is a constant in our busy lives. Normally, background noises are at safe levels that do not negatively impact our hearing. But repeated exposure to noise above…
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If You’re Over 50, Here’s What You Should Know About Sensorineural Hearing Loss
As we get older our risk for hearing loss increases. While many other factors such as noise exposure, certain illnesses and genetic conditions can make a person more predisposed to hearing loss, aging is one…
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10 Common Signs of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is common, affecting approximately 48 million Americans. It’s also a progressive condition, meaning many people don’t even realize they have it until it has advanced to a stage that isn’t easily treatable. Below…
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What Are the Symptoms of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss?
Noise-induced hearing loss is common, affecting an estimated 5.2 million young Americans between ages 6-19 and 26 million adults ages 20-69, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Noise-induced hearing loss is…
