Can what you eat help protect your hearing? One thing doctors know for sure is that nutrition is critical for just about everything to do with health including your hearing. But what you may not know is that there are certain nutrients that are critical elements for protecting your hearing health. Here are five to keep [...]
If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to be more proactive about your health or the health of a loved one, make sure you don’t overlook the importance of hearing on long-term health and happiness. According to Healthy Hearing.com, untreated hearing loss can have a detrimental impact on a person’s physical and emotional health and on [...]
As we think about our health goals for 2018, we wanted to share some things to consider when it comes to the use of medications and their potential impact on our hearing. Below is a terrific overview of what you need to know provided by Hearing Health, an online resource for hearing loss education. Ototoxicity [...]
An ear infection is a fairly common illness that almost everyone has had at some point in their lives. Though they are usually secondary infections triggered by a cold, flu, or allergy that migrates through the nose and/or throat into the ears, ear infections can lead to either temporary or long-term hearing loss. If not treated [...]
As we move into the winter months, many parts of the country are already experiencing extreme cold temperatures. The cold weather not only affects how we feel on the outside but it can also have an impact on our hearing and what’s happening inside of our ears. Cold weather can cause ear pain and discomfort [...]
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. How many of these facts from Hearing Health Foundation do you know? Fact #1: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is acquired from excessive noise. Studies show that over 30 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job and that nearly 1 in 5 teenagers are [...]
Have you or someone you know ever experienced "double hearing?" It's a troubling form of hearing loss and Healthy Hearing recently provided a good overview of what is known as diplacusis. About Hearing Our auditory system is an amazing, complex mechanism that gathers and processes noise, then translates it into recognizable sound. At any given time, our ears [...]
Prolonged exposure to loud noise alters how the brain processes speech, potentially increasing the difficulty in distinguishing speech sounds, according to neuroscientists at The University of Texas at Dallas. In a paper published in Ear and Hearing, researchers demonstrated for the first time how noise-induced hearing loss affects the brain's recognition of speech sounds. Noise-induced hearing [...]
At Shohet Ear Associates, we have been treating patients with hearing and ear related medical conditions for over 15 years. Recently, we’ve been seeing an increasing number of patients who have purchased hearing aids from online vendors, big box stores or retail chains and are having poor outcomes with their devices. This is primarily because [...]
This September, to celebrate Self-Improvement Month, we wanted to share some tips for proactively managing your hearing health which can serve as a catalyst for other improvements in all areas of your life. Improved health According to research published in the April 2016 issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, less than three percent of Americans meet the basic qualifications [...]