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Hearing Aids Can Help Improve Listening Fatigue
Most people are familiar with that feeling of exhaustion after leaving a party or ending a Zoom call, but many are unfamiliar with what the feeling is called. Audiologists refer to it as listening fatigue,…
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How Spring Allergies Affect Your Ears
Springtime means getting to enjoy evening thunderstorms and beautiful flowers, but for many, it also means seasonal allergy symptoms. For some, this can result in pain or discomfort involving the ears. We review how spring…
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Caring for Your Hearing Aids
Your hearing aids represent a significant investment in terms of both financial cost and the amount of time you spent with your audiologist identifying your exact type and degree of hearing loss, selecting the best…
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How to Adjust to Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are the preferred treatment for most of the 48 million Americans who have hearing loss. Today’s devices are amazing in their ability to provide amplification only of sounds you want to hear, connect…
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Can Allergies Cause Sinus Pressure?
It can be easy to convince yourself you have a bacterial sinus infection when, in reality, your symptoms are simply thanks to allergies. Sinus pressure is one of the many possible symptoms of an allergic…
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Hearing Aids Can Lower Chance of Depression, Dementia & Falls
Hearing loss is a common condition, affecting an estimated 48 million Americans. However, only about one in five people who could benefit from treatment for their hearing loss actually wears hearing aids. Hearing aids have…
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What to Know About Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids
When you think of artificial intelligence (AI), what comes to mind? For many, it’s a scene from a sci-fi movie, or a robot from the University of South Carolina robotics department coming to life. But…
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Can Allergies Cause Migraines?
It’s common to experience a headache caused by blocked sinuses during an allergy attack. But for some, it’s not just a headache; it’s a migraine. Migraines and headaches are often confused, but migraines are medical…
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Does Hearing Loss Cause Fatigue?
It’s common to feel worn out after a long Zoom call with friends or socially-distanced get-together at Brittlebank Park. But for people with hearing loss, this fatigue tends to be chronic, occurring after almost every…
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How Long Do Hearing Aids Last?
Hearing aids represent a significant investment in both time and money, so you’ll want to get the most out of them that you possibly can. On average, hearing aids last between three and seven years,…