Do you recall those gallon buckets of ice cream you used to find at supermarkets? An entire gallon of ice cream, yum! But you begin to become more particular in your taste as you mature. Your ice cream preferences become more specialized and you have a tendency to go for your favorite brand. Those smaller […]
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When you shower, always remember to clean your ears. It’s difficult not to say that in your “parenting” voice. Maybe when you were a kid you even recall your parents telling you to do it. That’s the kind of memory that can remind you of simpler times as you wrap yourself in the nostalgia of […]
You go out of your way to ensure your hearing aids are well cared for. Cleaning them daily, you make sure they are safe and comfortable on their charger when you go to sleep. But you get pretty distressed when your hearing aids suddenly stop working the way they did once. Fortunately, there are a […]
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If you’re still using your older hearing aids, they may be better than no hearing aids, but they also could be costing you in some ways. Hearing aid technology has progressed a great deal in the past few years! It’s changed to digital from analog, for one thing, and there are features now that weren’t […]
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Imagine you’re in an old school noir movie and you play a detective. You’re trying to find a killer (and you’re being rather hard-boiled about it, whatever that means) and you have just one clue: the suspect is afflicted with Swimmer’s Ear. So there’s an extended montage (with dramatic music) as you dig through old […]
In the past they were called “books-on-tape”. Back then, obviously, we didn’t even have CDs let alone streaming services. These days, people call them audiobooks (which, we won’t lie, is a far better name). With an audiobook, you can listen to the book being read by a narrator. It’s a bit like when you were […]
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Do you recollect the old tale of Johnny Appleseed? When you were younger you most likely heard the story of how Johnny Appleseed traveled around bringing fresh apples to communities (you should eat apples because they are good for you and that’s the moral of the story). Actually, that isn’t the whole truth. The real […]
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Have you ever been in the middle of the road and your car breaks down? It’s not a fun experience. Your car has to be safely pulled to the side of the road. Then you likely open your hood and have a look at the engine. Who knows why? Humorously, you still do this despite […]
There are three sorts of people out there: people who find history to be amazingly interesting, people who think history is terribly boring, and those who think history is full of aliens. The history of hearing aids is not about aliens (sorry not sorry). But the real story is probably pretty strange as well. After […]
As we get older, we all know that hearing loss and certain mental health challenges can worsen despite a healthy, active lifestyle. And a strong connection between the two has been discovered by scientists which should never be overlooked. So don’t turn off that hearing aid. Depression is twice as likely in people who are […]
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