Why Do So Many Veterans Get Tinnitus?
Hearing problems such as tinnitus are the most prevalent service-connected disability among veterans. Let’s take a look at why that is and what can be done to help manage the problem. What is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is described as a perceived ringing in the ears. However, it can also sound like hissing, buzzing, roaring, sizzling, clicking…
Ways to Protect Your Ears While Flying
Many people are resuming air travel again. If you are one of them, be sure to have all you need to protect your ears before you depart from Columbia Metropolitan Airport to embark on your latest adventure. Noise From Planes Can Damage Your Hearing It’s not just loud concerts or going to a shooting range…
Study of the Cochlea Could Lead to Hearing Aid Improvements
Someday, hearing aids may be able to correct hearing loss the way glasses correct poor vision. Until then, researchers are working on ways to improve hearing aids so they can better address the cocktail party problem, which occurs in settings like Craft & Vine where there is more than one voice speaking at a time,…
4 Temporary Causes of Hearing Loss
Some people experience temporary hearing loss that can either be treated by addressing an underlying condition or that will simply go away on its own. Let’s look at four of the most common causes of temporary hearing loss. Loud Noise Can Lead to Temporary Hearing Loss Exposure to sounds over 85 dB can lead to…
Study Finds COVID-19 Can Directly Affect the Inner Ear
While the world may be opening back up and we can once again attend birthday parties at Urban Air Adventure Park, that doesn’t mean the pandemic is over. In fact, some people who were infected with COVID-19 weeks or months ago are still affected by symptoms. These people are known as COVID ‘long-haulers.’ Long-haulers may…
How to Cope When You Have Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Tinnitus is often described as a ringing in the ears. However, some people experience sounds like hissing, buzzing, clicking or other noise. On its own, it can be a disorienting and even debilitating condition for the millions who experience it. When coupled with hearing loss it can make coping with tinnitus that much harder. Hearing…
How Hearing Loss Can Isolate You & Make You Feel Lonely
If there’s one thing we can all agree on about this pandemic, it’s that it’s been an incredibly lonely time. From closures of bars and restaurants to cancellation of social events, and from social distancing to full quarantine, most of us have suffered from increased feelings of loneliness over the past two years. This is…
Hunting & Hearing Loss
Any sound over 85 decibels (dB) can cause permanent damage to your hearing system with enough exposure. For reference, that is about the volume of passing highway traffic or a busy café. A single gunshot can clock in at 140 to 190 dB – loud enough to cause immediate damage. This is why hunters should…
How to Manage Your Hearing Aid Batteries
When you made the choice to get hearing aids, you did so because you wanted to have the freedom to navigate the world around you without worrying about your hearing. If your battery dies while you’re out at the movies or dining with friends at Frog Hollow Tavern you’re not getting to enjoy the full…
Can Holiday Toys Damage a Child’s Hearing?
Is there anything more thrilling than watching your child or grandchild open the present you got them when you know it’s exactly what they’ve been wanting? Of course not. But if you don’t pay attention to the noise level of the toys you buy them, you could inadvertently be putting their hearing at risk. How…