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| Audiologists Celebrate May as National Better Hearing Month |  | More than 28 million Americans Ð about 10% of the population Ð suffer from hearing loss. Approximately 95% of these individuals can correct the problem with hearing aids. The American Academy of Audiology, which represents over 7,600 audiologists, supports National Better Hearing and Speech Month as a way to bring this important information to the general public. |
What is an Audiological Evaluation?
Adapted and reprinted with permission from American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's "Lets Talk."
Tips for Hearing Aid Users
At a restaurant, try to sit away from the kitchen and with your back to a wall. Noise levels will be kept to a minimum and your waiter or waitress will have to face you when speaking.
Keep Your Hearing in Good Shape
We all know that exercise is good for keeping our bodies in good shape. There is more and more evidence that exercising our ears is also good for keeping our hearing in good shape.
Just How Noisy Are Those Restaurants?
One of the common hearing problems we hear about is the difficulty of hearing in noisy restaurants. It seems that, along with movies, television shows and the world in general, restaurants have become noisier than ever. Loud background music, the clatter of silverware and dishes, the voices of other diners raising their voices to be heard all can make the restaurant setting a challenging and frustrating place to carry on a conversation.
Why consult an Audiologist?
More than 28 million Americans suffer from sensorineural hearing loss or “nerve deafness” caused by the damage or deterioration of the tiny sound-sensing hair cells in the inner ear. Although hearing loss is the natural result of aging, hearing loss can also result from exposure to loud noise, illness and infections, head trauma, birth defects, certain drugs or even the mumps or measles.
Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
Tinnitus can be described as the ringing, buzzing, humming, hissing or roaring sounds that an individual hears when no external sound is present. Occasionally the sound can be measured when a microphone is placed in the ear canal.
Assistive Listening Devices
One out of every 11 Americans suffers some type of hearing impairment, ranging from a mild loss of hearing to profound deafness. Unfortunately, the ability to perceive sound clearly and accurately is not just a useful skill. It is essential for the day-to-day communication on which modern life is built. It is hardly surprising then, that individuals who lose that ability often find their lives completely changed. They become frustrated and depressed. They feel isolated. Their lifestyles and personal relationships change dramatically.
Hearing HealthCare News
Most people don’t understand what it’s like to have a hearing loss. Even if they want to be helpful, people who have normal hearing can’t know what it is like to hear but not understand, to hear noise more than voices, or to hear well in one situation but not in another.
Noise: The most common cause of hearing loss
There is increasing evidence that more people are experiencing hearing loss at a younger age than ever before. The most common cause: exposure to noise. The result: permanent sensorineural hearing loss.
If I Have A Hearing Loss, Why Do Loud Sounds Bother Me?
Everybody knows that if you have a hearing loss, you don’t hear many of the sounds around you. Other sounds may be heard, but they’re not quite loud enough.
Hearing exercises
We all know that exercise is good for keeping our bodies in good shape. There is more and more evidence that exercising our ears is also good for keeping our hearing in good shape.
Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
Tinnitus can be described as the ringing, buzzing, humming, hissing or roaring sounds that an individual hears when no external sound is present. Occasionally the sound can be measured when a microphone is placed in the ear canal.
Noise: The most common cause of hearing loss
There is increasing evidence that more people are experiencing hearing loss at a younger age than ever before. The most common cause: exposure to noise. The result: permanent sensorineural hearing loss.
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