Get Used to Your Hearing Aids with These Four Tips
Hearing aids do not fix your hearing loss; they amplify sounds to a level your ears can hear. Your ears will be exposed to noises you have not heard in years, and some noises, like your voice, will sound different than you remember. Getting used to wearing your new hearing aids takes some time, but…
Tips for Dining with Hearing Loss
Living with hearing loss can make enjoyable activities very difficult. You may have difficulty following conversations, especially in venues with lots of background noise, like restaurants. This is why many people with hearing loss experience social withdrawal, which can ultimately lead to depression and even cognitive decline. Below are some tips to help you better…
Announcing Hearing Health Center’s Hearing with a Heart Essay Contest
Win a FREE PAIR of Phonak Premium Hearing Aids To kick off our Year of Giving Back to the community, we’re giving away a pair of hearing aids to someone in need of this life-changing gift. To Enter: Submit an essay about you or someone you know describing the challenges faced by a person living…
Hearing Loops Can Make Movies More Enjoyable
Moviegoing is a popular pastime throughout Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. What else are you going to do when it’s ten below zero with a foot of snow on the ground?! Catching a flick is a great opportunity to escape the everyday stress, but if you’re suffering from hearing loss, it might actually lead to…
Noise-Cancelling Headphones Can Save Your Hearing
About 20 percent of the population in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota has hearing loss to some degree. That’s a lot of Midwesterners struggling to understand (and it’s got nothing to do those accents we are often accused of having). With noise being the biggest contributor, there are steps you can take to protect your…
Pros & Cons of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
There’s been a lot of talk about over-the-counter hearing aids, as they are geared for a nationwide rollout beginning sometime in 2020. With around 20 percent of people in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota experiencing hearing loss, the ready availability of a lower-cost alternative to physician-prescribed hearing aids appears, on the surface, to be a…
Separating Hearing Myth from Reality
Hearing loss isn’t rare in the Midwest; about one in five people in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota suffers from some degree of hearing impairment. Not everybody chooses to seek treatment; in many cases, they have erroneous misconceptions about either their condition or treatment. Sometimes, both. Facts About Hearing Loss 48 million Americans experience hearing…
Finding Relief from Ear Pressure When You’re Sick
Few of us give much thought to colds and flu when summer is still in full swing, but with kids in Iowa and Minnesota heading back to school and the first hints of autumn color starting to appear, it won’t be long before sniffles, sneezes and coughs replace the nightly chorus of crickets. How Illness…
Why Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss is Sometimes Misdiagnosed
Anybody who has experienced a sudden loss of hearing knows how scary the situation can be. Most of the time, hearing loss develops gradually; it may be years before you even notice a decline in your ability to hear! But when the condition happens in a short period of time with no prior warning, you…
Ways to Cope with Hearing Loss & Tinnitus
When you have both hearing loss and tinnitus, it can be very difficult to go about your daily life. Things that other people take for granted are much more challenging, and the side effects can leave you feeling tired, depressed and unable to focus. But don’t despair – we have tips to help you cope….