The global rate of hearing loss is on the rise, jumping from 14 to 18 percent of the population in the last quarter century, and projected to increase in the future. In the face of confronting hearing loss as a worldwide health concern, specialists at Duke University School of Medicine are looking toward building an international initiative. Their proposal prioritizes …
Even though we’d all like to be invincible, the truth of the matter is that our bodies wear out. Our muscles ache after a long day at work, our eyesight isn’t what it used to be, and our hearing deteriorates with age. You can get a massage for sore muscles and wear glasses to see clearly, but once your hearing …
In 1944, the drug streptomycin saved the lives of many tuberculosis patients, but at a cost. A large number of patients treated with streptomycin were found to have developed irreversible hearing loss. Subsequently, research was conducted on streptomycin and other aminoglycoside drugs to discover the causes of these drugs’ side effects. Since these early years of research, over 100 classes …
You’ve made the decision to seek treatment for your hearing loss, and now the time has come to determine which hearing aid is best for you. Where do you begin? Here are 15 questions about hearing aids (and their answers!) to think about. There are many models, sizes, and styles available. Taking into consideration your degree and configuration of hearing …
If you’re a woman seeking some mild pain relief, think twice about which bottle you reach for in the medicine cabinet. In a study funded by The National Institutes of Health and conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, certain painkillers at higher incidence were linked to increased hearing loss. The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has increased over the …
Q-tips are quite ubiquitous in the bathrooms and medicine cabinets across our country. Most often, we think of them as cotton swabs for the ears. While most of us make that association, that specific use isn’t indicated anywhere on their website. This is probably because earwax, previously thought of as something that should be removed, is now known to be …
Untreated hearing loss has long been linked to a range of health problems, as revealed by medical studies concerning areas such as dementia, balance, heart disease, and depression. As the third most common physical condition in the United States, hearing loss affects 48 million Americans, and one in three people over the age of 60. Often times, as hearing loss …
Do you work in a noisy industry? Are your mornings packed with the sound of loud machinery, and your afternoons filled with ringing in your ears? It’s common knowledge that working at loud jobs is putting your hearing in jeopardy. Whether construction workers or law enforcement officers, those who don’t recognize the risks and wear hearing protection are in danger …
Reduced risk of heart disease, improved blood pressure, stronger bones, healthier aging, heightened immunity, better stress-management, the warm-fuzzy endorphin rush…the benefits of exercise are too numerous to list here. Exercise has even been shown to help maintain healthy hearing, as it improves blood flow to the ears and overall cardiovascular function. But if you currently have an exercise routine or …
Hearing loss is an ‘invisible’ condition, and as such, hard of hearing people often have to deal with the impatience, frustration, or anger of others who fail to realize they are speaking to a hard of hearing person, and assume they are being ignored or are speaking to someone who doesn’t understand. In addition to this, hearing loss can be …