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The Role of Early Hearing Care in Long-Term Hearing Health
Most hearing loss doesn’t happen all of a sudden. It escalates slowly, which is why it’s easy to miss. However, when it comes to protecting your long-term hearing health, the timing of when you receive…
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How Treating Hearing Loss Can Help with Independence and Personal Safety
Hearing loss can make everyday tasks more challenging, from hearing the phone ring to noticing someone entering the room. These kinds of difficulties can slowly erode your independence and affect your personal safety, even without…
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Everything You Need to Know About Cookie-Bite Hearing Loss
Who doesn’t love cookies? Unfortunately, cookie-bite hearing loss has little to do with chocolate chips. Instead, cookie-bite hearing loss takes its name from the way it appears on an audiogram: as if a bite were…
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How Genetics Can Impact Hearing
Genes function like our body’s blueprint: they are the instructions for the body on how to develop and function. As a result, they play a large role in our ability to hear, both at birth…
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What You Need to Know About the Different Types of Hearing Loss
Any time sound information is prevented from reaching the brain due to damage, blockage, or other dysfunction of the ear, hearing loss results. Hearing loss is classified into three types: conductive, sensorineural and mixed. The…
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Hearing Aid Check-In for the New Year
Your hearing aids are incredible pieces of technology that enhance communication, revitalize your social connections and boost your confidence. Without proper maintenance, however, they won’t serve your hearing loss needs as well as they could.…
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Can You Wear Hearing Aids in the Rain?
As winter approaches and Santa Barbara gets more rain, you may be wondering if it’s okay to wear your hearing aids outside on rainy days. Like many electronic devices, hearing aids are susceptible to water…
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How to Properly Clean and Maintain Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are life-changing devices for those with hearing loss and could benefit nearly 28.8 million Americans. They amplify sounds and reconnect people with loved ones. Just like any piece of technology that’s used daily,…
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Tips for Maintaining Your Hearing Aid: Cleaning and Servicing
Approximately 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from hearing aids. These tiny devices collect and amplify speech and important sounds to help you connect with the world. In order to get the most out of…
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How Hearing Loss Can Isolate You & Make You Lonely
Loneliness and isolation can impact mental well-being. For those living with hearing loss, this impact may be especially profound. The Effects of Loneliness and Social Isolation A recent study from 2021 found that roughly 36%…
