There are a couple of kinds of vacations, right? One kind is full of activities the whole time. This kind will leave you more tired than when you left but all of the adventures will be remembered for years to come. Then there are the relaxing kinds of vacations. These are the trips where you […]
You’ve likely noticed that when movies or television shows get really intense, they start using close-ups (possibly even extreme close-ups). This is because more information than you’re likely even consciously aware of is communicated by the human face. To say that human beings are really facially focused is, well, not a stretch. So it’s not […]
Once you get accustomed to your hearing aid, it’s difficult to be without it. After all, your hearing aids are important to connect with your world. But it will periodically need to be upgraded or replaced just like all technology. A hearing aid’s typical lifespan From 3 to 7 years will be the typical lifespan […]
You’ve seen the videos on TikTok. Babies hearing the voice of their mother for the first time after being fitted for a hearing aid. In some videos, the baby is uncertain initially. They fight when the doctor attempts to place the device in their ear. They might cry before they smile with joy. They’re overwhelmed […]
Have you ever awoke after a night’s sleep and heard birds singing a wonderful song through your open window? So happens, there’s a name for all those birdsongs: the dawn chorus. For whatever reason, birds see the sun coming up and choose to start singing their favorite songs. The songs of these birds, when they’re […]
If you aren’t very wealthy, a car isn’t really an impulse buy. Which means you will most likely do a lot of research ahead of time. You check out reviews, you compare prices, and you consider gas mileage. (You’re on Google a lot.) It makes sense to do this level of research. You’re about to […]
Do you recall those gallon buckets of ice cream you used to get at grocery stores? A whole gallon of ice cream, yum! But as you get older, you start to get a bit more particular. You begin opting for the more specialized ice cream: the Turkey Hill, the Tillamook, the Ben & Jerry’s. All […]
You take good care of your hearing aids. When you go to bed, you always put them snuggly on the charger and you clean them daily. Suddenly and discouragingly, your hearing aids aren’t working the way they once did. Thankfully, there are some steps you can take to diagnose the problem. Just remember: your number […]
If you’re still wearing your older hearing aids, they may be better than no hearing aids, but they also may be costing you in some ways. Hearing aid technology has advanced a great deal in the past few years! Ten years ago many of the features of modern hearing aids weren’t even in development, going […]
There are three types of people out there: people who find history to be amazingly fascinating, people who think history is horribly dull, and those who think history is full of aliens. Aliens aren’t responsible for the history of hearing aids. But the real story is probably pretty weird too. After all, hearing loss isn’t […]
