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How to Wear Sunglasses Comfortably with Your Hearing Aids
Your hearing aids are essential devices for keeping you safe and connected to the world around you. They should be comfortable and secure in your ear, but wearing sunglasses can complicate that comfort. We are…
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What Is Auditory Processing Disorder?
We talk a lot about traditional hearing loss on our site, which occurs when some kind of damage or dysfunction in the ear or organs inside the ear impedes your ability to hear sound. But…
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How Modern Hearing Aids Are Changing Lives
Modern hearing aids are incredible pieces of technology that enhance hearing and listening more than hearing aids of generations past. Even better, modern innovations can do even more than just help you hear. Hearing aids…
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Understanding When It’s Time to Upgrade Your Hearing Aids
Almost 30 million people in the U.S. need hearing aids. If you’re one of them and you’ve been wearing your hearing aids for a couple of years, you know these critical devices bring clarity to…
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What Is Hidden Hearing Loss?
Hidden hearing loss is a type of hearing loss that cannot be measured by a traditional hearing test (also called a “pure tone” hearing test). It is characterized by patients reporting having difficulty hearing, but…
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Best Sleeping Positions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea affects at least 25 million adults in the U.S., and incidence rates are increasing. Sleep apnea occurs when your airways are partially or completely obstructed during sleep, leading to snoring, choking, gasping…
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How Thyroid Issues Connect to Hearing Loss
If you’ve been diagnosed with a thyroid issue, you’re probably familiar with the well-known symptoms: changes in weight, fluctuating energy levels and irregular heart rates. What is less well-known, however, is the effect thyroid issues…
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Viral Infections and Hearing Loss
Hearing loss isn’t always caused by exposure to loud noise or old age. Sometimes an infection from a virus can cause temporary or permanent hearing loss, as well as dizziness or tinnitus. All viruses are…
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Can Hearing Aids Help with Tinnitus?
Many people are aware that hearing aids are an effective tool for managing hearing loss and giving back some hearing ability, but they may not know that hearing aids can also be effective as a…
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How Does Tinnitus Sound Therapy Work?
Tinnitus is a ringing, buzzing, hissing or pulsing sound in your ears that no one else can hear. The symptom affects approximately 50 million people in the United States. For some people, it’s just mildly…
