Hearing Loss & Listening Fatigue
It’s common to feel exhausted after conversing with people at Hampton Roads Convention Center for long periods of time. But for people with hearing loss, this exhaustion is exponential, even for shorter conversations. This feeling of exhaustion that comes after conversing is known as listening fatigue. What Is Listening Fatigue? Within the inner ear are…
How Can Teachers Reduce Their Risk of Hearing Loss?
Anyone who works in education knows that the classroom can be a loud place, no matter what grade level you’re working with. From multiple students trying to participate at once to other students having side conversations and hard surfaces causing excessive reverberance, it can be challenging for teachers to convey the information they’re trying to…
WHO Sets New Standards of Safe Listening
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 billion young people, ages 12 to 35, are at risk of losing their hearing due to unsafe listening practices. Left unaddressed, this could have devastating consequences for their health, education and employment. Because of this, the WHO has issued a new international standard for safe listening…
How is Unilateral Hearing Loss Treatment Different from Binaural Hearing Loss?
Some people experience hearing loss in one ear instead of two. This is referred to as unilateral hearing loss or single-sided deafness (SSD) depending on the severity. It’s a condition that poses its own set of challenges and sometimes requires different treatment from binaural hearing loss. What Causes Hearing Loss in One Ear? There are…
How Autoimmune Diseases May Play a Role in Your Hearing Health
Hearing loss isn’t just linked to old age and noise exposure; research shows that underlying conditions including autoimmune diseases are also linked to hearing loss. We review the connection below. What Are Autoimmune Diseases? The immune system’s job is to protect your body from diseases, viruses and infections. However, sometimes the immune system incorrectly identifies…
Study Finds Unexpected Brain Shrinkage in Patients with Hearing Loss
A new study may offer further insight into the connection between hearing loss and dementia. Hearing Loss Associated with Changes in Brain The study, from The Carle Illinois College of Medicine, analyzed data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative database. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. Researchers compared MRIs of people…
Hearing Loss Isn’t an All or Nothing Condition
When discussing hearing loss, it’s important to remember the complexity of each individual’s experience. Limits of Classification Hearing loss can be classified as mild, moderate, severe or profound. These distinctions can be helpful from a medical standpoint. However, they don’t fully encapsulate a person’s experience. People with mild to moderate hearing loss may view themselves…
Anemia & Hearing Health: Is There a Connection?
Hearing loss has been linked to a number of health conditions, including anxiety, depression, balance problems, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and dementia. A growing body of evidence indicates that hearing loss may be connected to iron-deficiency anemia as well. We explore this link below. What the Research Shows Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University College of…
Rhinoplasty: More than Just a Nose Job for Some
While the term “nose job” has the connotation of being for cosmetic purposes only, for some, this is not the case. Rhinoplasty is a procedure that involves surgical reconstruction and shaping of the bone and cartilage of the nose, sometimes for cosmetic purposes and sometimes for functional purposes. Rhinoplasty can make it so you can…
Eyelid Surgery: What to Expect
Blepharoplasty, more commonly referred to as eyelid surgery, helps open and brighten the eyes by removing excess skin and fat. If you’re considering getting eyelid surgery, you may be wondering what to expect. We cover this information below. Why Is Eyelid Surgery Performed? Eyelid surgery may be performed for cosmetic reasons or to help with…