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 […]
Don’t neglect cleaning your ears. Whenever you say that, you inevitably use your “parent voice”. Maybe you even remember getting that advice as a child. That’s the sort of memory that can remind you of simpler times as you wrap yourself in the nostalgia of youth. But it’s also excellent advice. Out-of-control earwax accumulation can […]
What is a cyborg? You most likely imagine a half human, half machine when you think of a cyborg, especially if you love science fiction movies (these characters are typically cleverly utilized to comment on the human condition). Hollywood cyborgs can seem wildly bizarre. But the truth is that, technically, anyone who wears a pair […]
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 […]
Assistive listening devices and hearing aids can be used to treat the common condition of hearing loss. But hearing loss is frequently ignored and untreated. For people who suffered from hearing loss, this can bring about feelings of social-separation and depression. It can also lead to a breakdown in personal and professional relationships, which itself […]
Books-on-tape was what we used to call them, way back when. Of course, that was long before CDs, not to mention digital streaming. These days, people refer to them as audiobooks (which, to be honest, is a much better name). An audiobook gives you the ability to read a book by, well, listening to it. […]
Remember the old story of Johnny Appleseed? In elementary school, you may have been taught that he traveled across the US, bringing the gift of nourishing apples to every community he paid a visit to (you should eat apples because they are a healthy choice and that’s the moral of the story). That’s only somewhat […]
Have you ever been in the middle of the roadway and your car breaks down? It’s not a fun situation. Your car has to be safely pulled to the side of the road. Then you most likely pop your hood and have a look at the engine. Who knows why? What’s strange is that you […]
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 […]
