What Hearing Protection Is Available and How Do You Use It?
It is estimated that approximately 18% of adults aged 20–69 have speech frequency hearing loss due to prolonged exposure to loud noises at work. And once your hearing is damaged, you can’t get it back. Hence, it’s important to know and understand what hearing protection may be available to you and use it appropriately to…
What Is the Impact of Concussions on Sound Processing?
A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that affects your brain function. In 2020, approximately 6.8% of children aged 17 and younger experienced symptoms from a concussion or other traumatic brain injury. While many people have experienced a bump or jolt to the head from an errant soccer ball at Caras Park or…
Can Eating Healthy Reduce Your Hearing Loss Risk?
A recent study has shown how well you eat can impact slowing age-related hearing loss. The study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital concluded that women with healthier diets had less hearing loss than those with a less healthy diet. Stock up on fresh produce at Missoula Farmer’s Market to promote your long-term hearing health. Impact of a…
How Untreated Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Hobbies
It’s important to have things in life that bring you joy. For many, our hobbies are just that. Whether you like to garden, paint, play tennis or go for hikes at the North Loop Trail, hobbies keep your mind active and engaged and help you stay connected to others. Unfortunately, untreated hearing loss can make…
How Treating Hearing Loss Will Help Your Career
Hearing loss is a common condition that affects millions of people. Left untreated, it can impact every aspect of your life, including your career. The good news? The right hearing loss treatment, like hearing aids, can actually help you in your career. How Hearing Aids Can Benefit You at Work Scheduling a Hearing Test If…
Here’s How Untreated Hearing Loss May Affect Your Memory
Hearing loss affects so many different parts of your life. It makes it harder to understand speech and focus on what others are saying, whether at the office or grabbing a latte with friends at Clyde Coffee. Research has also indicated that, if left untreated, hearing loss has the potential to affect your memory. What…
How Your Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Immediate Family
If you have hearing loss, you know how hard it can be to understand others and navigate daily interactions. What you might not realize is that your hearing loss can be difficult for your family as well. Hearing Loss Can Strain Relationships Hearing loss affects your ability to be able to hear and process what…
Untreated Hearing Loss May Leave You More Vulnerable to Falls
Untreated hearing loss not only makes it harder to understand speech and other sounds happening around you, but it can put you at risk for other health problems as well. Research has shown that leaving your hearing loss untreated can increase your risk of falls. Hearing Loss Increases Fall Risk A study published in 2012…
How to Have the Best Date with Hearing Loss
If you are experiencing hearing loss, you’re not alone. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders estimates that “One in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears.” But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a great, romantic time…
How Hearing Loss Impacts Other Senses
It’s a common misconception that if you lose one of your five senses, the others will become stronger to compensate. This is a partial truth; in reality, this phenomenon is more complex than it may seem. In this post, we review what the research says about how hearing loss impacts other senses. Hearing Loss Changes…