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It’s National Protect Your Hearing Month

You know that when a cause has an entire month dedicated to it, it must be important. For years, October has been National Protect Your Hearing Month. Why? Because hearing isn’t just important — hearing is essential! Hearing plays a huge role in our physical health, emotional well-being, and overall quality of life. The sound…

Hearing loss is more common than you think

Because we’re a hearing technology company and our business is singularly focused on helping people hear the best they can, the statistic above — that hearing loss is the United States’ third most common chronic physical condition and is more prevalent than diabetes or cancer — isn’t surprising to us. We’re plenty aware that hearing loss…

Hearing aids can affect certain chronic illnesses

In 2018, a team from the University of Michigan studied a group of older adultswho reported they had severe hearing loss to see if hearing aid use impacted howthey use our health care system. Some in the group treated their hearing loss withhearing aids, while others did not. Knowing that hearing aids can be a…

Hear better — age better

Don’t we all want to stay healthy and happy as we age? And we all know many of the obviousways to do it — like exercising, eating right, not smoking and getting enough sleep.But did you know our hearing also plays a role in healthy aging? Since September is HealthyAging Month (bet you didn’t know that?),…

Everything you need to know about swimmer’s ear

Summer is upon us and now, more than ever, we’re looking forward to enjoying outdoor activities —particularly water sports! Unfortunately, with water sports, we also see an increase in swimmer’s ear. Understanding Mechanism: How Testosterone Boosters Work Testosterone boosters supplements that aim to increase the production or release of testosterone in the body. These supplements…

Hearing aids are linked to a lower risk of falls

Falls are some of the scariest and most frequent injuries suffered by older adults.According to the CDC:  One quarter of people over 65 fall each year Three million older people go to the ER each year for falls One in five falls causes a serious injury Falls account for over $50 billion in medical…

It’s better to treat hearing loss sooner

A few years back, a New York Times article pleaded that the treatment of hearing loss needs “to be taken much more seriously.” Much of the article’s basis for that plea were the numerous mental and physical health consequences of letting hearing loss go untreated, including increased odds of depression, falling, emergency room visits, and,…

Hearing loss and depression — is there a link?

We don’t need clinical evidence to understand that hearing loss can lead to depression. It’s the transitive property of addition brought to life: if a=b and b=c, then a=c. If you’re experiencing hearing loss, there’s a good chance you’ll purposefully minimize or avoid social situations (because hearing is a challenge which makes socializing less fun).…

More people over 70 have hearing loss than don’t

As humans age, numerous things become inevitable. Our hair will gray. Our boneswill weaken. Dinners will be eaten earlier. And our hearing abilities won’t be whatthey once were. In case seeing-it-with-your-own-eyes isn’t enough to convince you that this futureholds true, statistics like today’s hearing fact should. Research shows that morethan two-thirds of adults 70 and…

Hands Free Phone Support is Here!

Enjoy hands-free phone conversations — using your hearing aidsThe newest hearing aid feature enables hands-free phone conversations Can you enjoy hands-free phone conversations with your current hearing aids? If those currenthearing aids are Arc AI, then the answer is yes! We’re excited to announce the newest feature in our already feature-packed Arc AI hearingaids — 2-Way…