Hearing Blog – August 2025

At our office; like many other medical practices, we will set our patients with their next future appointment before they leave.   We do this to make sure the hearing instruments are being checked, cleaned and analyzed and adjustments made if necessary.  We also check the ears and remove any wax that may be looming.  We […]

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According to the Lancet’s report, considerable new evidence has emerged that points to untreated vision loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia. This includes the following: The Lancet concluded that “a clear opportunity for dementia prevention exists with treatment of visual loss.” Vision loss and hearing loss have similar dementia risk factors Interestingly, untreated […]

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People can lose their hearing for a number of reasons.  The aging process alone may be the only reason that we have a hearing loss.  But, there are also medical reasons that may contribute to hearing loss. Who has hearing loss?  1 in 6 Americans experience hearing loss.   Almost 80% of people choose to do […]

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As the social demands increase during this time of year—with everything from public holidays to graduation parties upon us—today’s hearing fact raises important awareness of “additional fatigue” that people with untreated hearing loss may be experiencing in their everyday lives: listening fatigue. Listening fatigue (also called “listener’s fatigue” or “ear fatigue”) occurs when we strain to hear and interpret […]

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Recently one of our patient’s had a sudden hearing loss. Luckily, we caught it quickly and the doctor got her on some meds and her hearing returned to it’s previous level. In the meantime, however; I had to adjust her hearing aids to compensate for her “new loss”. She came in today for an updated […]

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Most everyone can recall past events in history. It may be history that has to do with the city in which we live, our country or perhaps just ourown personal family. Family history is always fun…but it is also very important to have knowledge of medical background of our ancestors. Having such knowledge helps to […]

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