Generally, hearing loss is considered to be a problem only effecting older people – in fact, it’s estimated that about 50% of individuals aged 75 and up suffer from some type of hearing loss. And even though it’s often totally avoidable, a new study...
That hearing loss can impact your brain has been established in numerous studies. (Just have a look at some of our past blog posts.) Hearing Aids, fortunately, have been shown to be able to help you restore some of that cognitive capacity. This is not to say that...
Your brain develops in a different way than normal if you’re born with hearing loss. Does that surprise you? That’s because our concepts about the brain aren’t always accurate. You might think that only injury or trauma can alter your brain. But...
If you’re a professional musician, your hearing is your livelihood. So protecting their hearing should be a high priority for every musician. But generally speaking, that’s not the situation. In fact, there’s a pervasive culture of fatalism regarding...
Hearing loss – it’s generally thought os as a fact of life as we get older. Lots of older Americans suffer from some type of hearing loss or tinnitus, which is a chronic ringing in the ears. But if a condition like this is so accepted, why is it that so many...
Do you invest much time considering your nervous system? For most individuals, the answer would most likely be not that often. As long as your body is performing as it is supposed to, you’ve no reason to think about how your neurons are firing or whether nerves...
