There are more than 3 million cases of seasonal allergies in the U.S. every year. If you’re one of that 3 million, you’re probably familiar with allergy symptoms like itchy, watery eyes and a stuffy nose — and ears? Your senses are closely related, so while …
Advantages of Invisible Hearing Aids
You don’t let anything stop you — especially your hearing loss. You spend your days making the most of your time, your talents, and your life, and you need a hearing aid that does the same. Invisible hearing aids have caused quite the stir in …
How Hearing Really Works
New research is helping us to understand exactly how our brains pick up speech and turn it into useful thoughts. Hearing and understanding the world around you isn’t entirely your ears’ job, according to the results of a study conducted at Trinity College in Dublin. …
Could Hearables Help Normalize Hearing Aids?
How Smart Earphones Could Change the Market for Hearing Aids Bragi’s long-anticipated invention of the world’s first wireless smart earphones has everyone listening. The groundbreaking technology is changing how we think of headphones and other wearable health-monitoring tech — but what about hearing aids? In a world …
10 Myths About Hearing Loss
When researching hearing loss and hearing aids, oftentimes we come up with more questions than answers. As professional hearing care enthusiasts, we’re happy you’re here. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, only about one out of five people who would …
Healthy Hearing Can Prevent Brain Atrophy
In recent years, medical researchers have taken an in-depth look at the impact of hearing loss on the brain and have discovered that even a mild hearing loss impacts the brain in many ways. Perhaps most disturbing is that certain areas of the brain shrink …
Hearing Loops: Easy Hearing for Difficult Environments
Stay in the Loop With Hearing Loops A hearing loop is a communication system that many theaters and auditoriums offer that allow AGX® hearing aids to receive a signal directly from the source. The loops help you cut through the noise in meeting halls, churches, …
10 Telltale Signs of Hearing Loss
These signs and symptoms of hearing loss may surprise you. A hearing impairment can lead to more than just having to turn up the volume. From depression and anxiety to cognitive decline, a hearing loss can cause psychological, emotional, physical, and social side effects that …
10 Celebrities With Hearing Loss
What You and Rob Lowe Might Have in Common Hearing loss affects everyone — even the rich and famous. The hearing loss issues of these celebrities shine a light on the different ways you can lose your hearing and how to overcome it. Rob Lowe …
Hearing — and Understanding — the World Around You Takes More Than Your Ears
In a noisy, crowded room, your brain can pick up subtle parts of speech and automatically arrange them into useful thoughts. Ever wondered how this miraculous feat happens? Well, new research brings us closer to understanding just that. Researchers at Trinity College in Dublin were …