How noise pollution can impact our hearing health

It’s not uncommon for people to live near street traffic, but as today’s hearing fact shows, this living situation may pave the way for developing tinnitus. Tinnitus, a hearing health condition that impacts 10 to 25% of adults in the U.S., is characterized by the continuous sensation of ringing or other noise (buzzing, roaring, humming, etc.) in our ears…

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Hearing Loss and Independence

Today’s hearing fact from the renowned Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicineand Gerontology calls attention to a startling reality that is important to keep top-of-mindas we age: Age-related hearing loss can decrease the ability to perform daily livingtasks without assistance from others.Perhaps this fact may come as no surprise, since numerous different studies haveshown that hearing health can have…

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