How to Improve Your Music Listening Experience with Hearing Aids
When you have hearing loss, there’s a lot you miss out on. Left untreated, you might not be able to hear birds chirping, have conversations with your grandchildren or enjoy listening to music like you once did. Fortunately, hearing aids can help. How Hearing Loss Affects Listening to Music There’s nothing like hearing your favorite…
6 Signs You Need a Hearing Test
Untreated hearing loss can cost you healthy relationships with your loved ones, your mental health and even your physical safety. These are just some of the reasons it’s important to get tested at the first signs of trouble. Below are six signs that it’s time to get your hearing tested. 1. You Ask People to…
Hearing Loss from Meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the fluid and membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The condition is typically caused by a viral infection, but it can also be caused by a bacterial, fungal or parasitic infection. The main symptoms of meningitis include headache, fever, stiff neck and sometimes hearing loss. How Common Is It to…
Can Hearing Loss Cause Fatigue?
Do you feel worn out after social interactions, like there’s nothing you’d rather do than visit Broad Street Mattress Warehouse and lie down on their biggest, coziest bed for a few hours? There’s probably a lot of things going on in your life that are contributing to your fatigue, and hearing loss may be one…
Smokers Are at a Greater Risk of Developing Hearing Loss
Many of the risks of smoking are well-known, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As researchers learn more about the comorbidities of smoking, this list continues to grow. In fact, many are now beginning to add hearing loss to the list in part thanks to a recent…
Genetics of Hearing Loss
There are many possible causes of hearing loss, which can be broken down into environmental causes and genetic factors. Our genes carry instructions that tell our cells how to grow and function. There are many genes involved in helping us hear, but sometimes these genes don’t form in an expected manner, which is called a…
Does Hearing Loss Make Your Brain Work Harder?
Most of us know the feeling of relief after getting dismissed from a meeting, leaving a party or exiting a Zoom call. That’s because straining to listen over background noise, understand what’s being said, remember the information and formulate a response is mentally exhausting. For people with hearing loss, the level of exhaustion is exponential….
Can Lost Hearing Be Restored?
Nobody wants to get the news they have hearing loss, in part because the rehabilitation process times time and commitment. In this day and age with today’s rapid advances in medical technology, many wonder whether there is a “quick fix” for hearing loss or whether hearing can be fully restored. The answer is not quite,…
How Serious Is a Ruptured Eardrum?
A ruptured eardrum, also called a tympanic membrane perforation, is a hole or tear in the membrane that separates your ear canal from your middle ear. This can cause temporary or permanent hearing loss, as well as make your middle ear more vulnerable to infection. While a ruptured eardrum typically heals within a few weeks…
October is Audiology Awareness Month
Hearing loss can be a confusing experience that leaves you feeling discouraged, frustrated and isolated. October is Audiology Awareness Month, which means now is a great time to learn about life changes that can help make for a better tomorrow. Audiologists, including the experts at Augusta ENT, can help identify hearing problems and recommend a…