Los Gatos, CA, Audiology Blog
October is Protect Your Hearing Month
October is Protect Your Hearing Month! This month focuses on raising awareness about hearing loss and ways you can protect your hearing health. More and more people are at higher risk of impaired hearing due to loud noise exposure. It is important to learn and...
Nutrients that Boost Your Hearing Health
What you eat plays a major role in overall health and wellness. We know the benefits commonly associated with healthier eating patterns: more energy, boosts the immune system, enhances digestive system, supports muscles and bones etc. Healthier diets also reduce the...
Why You Should Treat Your Hearing with an Audiologist
There are a number of ways to get hearing aids today. “Big box” stores and online retailers offer hearing aids at cut-rate prices, and retail outlets may offer hearing aids from licensed professionals. While these options will certainly provide you with a set of...
Treating Hearing Loss Helps You Stay Socially Connected
Hearing is a major way we navigate social spaces and engage with others. One of the most significant effects of hearing loss is its impact on one’s social life. Social withdrawal is a common outcome of untreated hearing loss which produces isolation and takes a toll...
Know Alzheimer’s Disease: Treat Hearing Loss in September during World Alzheimer’s Month
If you know someone who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease then you know how devastating this neurodegenerative disease can be, not only to the individual affected but the family and supporting community. This September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an annual...
Working with Hearing Loss
Have you been having trouble hearing your co-workers or finding yourself surprised by sounds you’ve missed? If you have just recently discovered you have a hearing loss, perhaps some of the problems you’ve been having at work are starting to make sense. Hearing loss...
Avoiding Hearing Tests Could Make the Problem Much Worse
People put off getting a hearing test for a variety of reasons. Some people don’t think they have hearing loss at all. Whether they deny hearing loss on a subconscious or conscious level, they might put the possibility out of mind entirely. Others know that they have...
Addressing Hearing Loss May Improve Care of Older Adults
If you are responsible for the care of a senior, there is a good chance that they are, or will be dealing with hearing loss. Hearing loss is the third most chronic health condition faced by older people, affecting one in three people over 65 and half of those over 70....
Facts & Fictions About Hearing Loss
Hearing loss affects one in eight people in the US alone, equaling 13 percent, or 30 million of all US citizens 12 or older. This means that it's likely that you or someone close to you will have to deal with this issue now or in the future. The more you can...
Things People with Hearing Loss Wish You Knew
It’s not easy living with hearing loss. It can be exhausting to make sense of all the sounds in the environment, and make it more difficult to communicate with loved ones. On top of that, people don’t always realize just how hard it is to live with hearing loss. Here...