June 21, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
Hearing loss is generally accepted as simply a normal part of getting older: as we get older, we begin to hear things a little less clearly. Perhaps we begin to turn up the volume on the TV or keep asking our grandkids to speak up when they’re talking to us, or maybe we start forgetting […]
June 2, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
Don’t take your eyes off the road. Obviously, it’s good advice, but it doesn’t say much about your other senses. For example, consider the amount of work your ears are doing when you’re driving. You’re using your ears to engage with other individuals in your vehicle, call your attention to important information appearing on your […]
May 11, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
The last time you ate dinner with family, you were rather frustrated. Not because of any intra-family drama (though there’s always a little bit of that). No, the source of the stress was simple: it was loud, and you couldn’t hear anything. So you didn’t get the opportunity to ask about Dave’s new cat or […]
April 20, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
Your sense of hearing is important in your life and when it’s gone, there will be no natural way of getting it back. But curiously, the general public tends to ignore hearing loss. In fact, permanent hearing loss affects one in every eight individuals (nearly 30 million people) 12 and older in the United States […]
April 5, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
Hearing loss is well recognized to be a process that progresses gradually. It can be quite subtle for this exact reason. Your hearing grows worse not in huge leaps but by little steps. And that can make the gradual decline in your hearing hard to track, particularly if you aren’t looking for it. Because of […]
March 30, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
Pain is your body’s means of giving you information. It’s not a very enjoyable approach but it can be effective. When your ears start to feel the pain of a really loud megaphone next to you, you know damage is happening and you can take measures to move further away or at least cover your […]
March 23, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
If you cut your leg, it heals. If you stub your toe, it may feel bruised and swollen but the inflammation will abate, and you’ll feel better in a little while. Even if you break a bone, when properly set, it will mend. But if hearing is damaged what happens. Does the inner ear heal […]
March 16, 2022 | Eastside Audiology & Hearing Services
Hearing loss is commonly considered an older person’s problem – as a matter of fact, it’s estimated that nearly 50% of people over 75 suffer from some form of hearing loss. But research demonstrates that younger people are at risk for hearing loss – and, alarmingly, they’re losing their hearing in spite of the fact […]
