Celebrate World Hearing Day on March 3 with a Hearing Test!

[World Hearing Day is held on March 3 each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss. It is a day to raise awareness about hearing loss across the world. The annual World Hearing Day seminar is held each year at the World Health Organization (WHO)’s headquarters in Geneva. In recent years, an increasing number of …

Tips for Better Communication with People with Hearing Loss

When you have family members, friends and colleagues who have hearing loss, you can make a few simple adjustments in how you communicate with them that can make things run much more smoothly than they otherwise would. Some people are very open about their hearing loss, and they will ask you to make adjustments to help during a conversation. However, …

Hearing Loss is an Important Part of Caring for Your Health as You Age

Many changes that occur as we age may not be preventable. One common issue among senior adults–hearing loss–isn’t among these.  Many seniors and their loved ones have come to believe that some hearing loss is inevitable. While gradual hearing loss is not uncommon, especially after age 65, there are precautions we can take while younger to ward off the severity …