How Can Hearing Aids Benefit Your Relationship?
Communication has long been said to be the key to a healthy relationship. Every day you have multiple interactions with your partner—whether asking if your partner wants coffee or discussing the details of your upcoming trip to Colonial Williamsburg. Hearing loss can cause communication to break down or become frustrating. A study on the impact…
Pay Attention to The Emotional Side Effects of Hearing Loss
Studies show that hearing loss can lead to psychological distress. Psychological distress from hearing loss can lead to increased vulnerability to mental health problems like depression, aggression, emotional sensitivity, and decreased well-being. Acknowledging your emotions and mental health can be the first hurdle in taking steps to improve your quality of life. One way to…
Reducing Stress with Hearing Aids
Life can get hard sometimes. While no one is immune from work, home or school pressures, those with hearing loss can suffer from added stressors. Treating your hearing loss with hearing aids can help reduce your stress. How Hearing Loss Increases Stress With hearing loss, everyday communication can be stressful and exhausting. The increased mental…
How To Tell People About Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are a common and effective tool for people with hearing loss. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 7.1% of adults aged 45 and over used a hearing aid. However, even though many people use hearing aids, it can feel awkward, bringing up the fact that you wear…
How Hearing Aids Help With Speech Recognition
Do you find yourself struggling to make out works or follow what’s being said during work meetings or while out dining with friends somewhere like Second Street American Bistro in Williamsburg? If you have hearing loss, speech recognition can become much more difficult. The good news is that hearing aids can help! How Does Hearing…
What Are the Differences Between Basic & Advanced Hearing Aids?
Hearing aids are essential medical devices that amplify sounds in your environment to a level your ears can easily detect. All hearing aids have the same basic parts: a microphone that picks up the sounds around you, a processor that amplifies them to the exact specifications your hearing loss requires and a receiver that delivers…
Benefits of a Hearing Test
A study published in the journal Health Technology Assessment reports, “A simple systematic screen, using an audiometric screening instrument, has been shown to be acceptable to people in the age range 55-74 years, is likely to provide substantial benefit and may be cost-effective to those in that target group.” There are many other benefits to…
Tips for Wearing Hearing Aids and Glasses
Millions of people wear hearing aids, and even more wear glasses. As of 2021, there were 166.5 million US adults wearing prescription eyeglasses. What does this mean? That there are many, many people out there who need to wear both hearing aids and glasses. Whether you’re a long-time glasses-wearer who just got hearing aids or…
How to Make the Most of the Movie Theater with Hearing Loss
If you’ve developed hearing loss, you may believe that you can’t enjoy activities you love like you used to, such as going to the movies. Fortunately, this isn’t true at all – you just may need to do a little preparation or ask for some accommodations. Below we review tips for making the most of…
Surprising Features of Hearing Aids
Are you hesitant about getting your first set of hearing aids? If so, it may be because you remember the clunky devices your parents or grandparents wore. In reality, hearing aid technology has come a long way even in just the past few years, offering features that may surprise you. We review some of them…