Do you need hearing help? At Brooks Hearing & Speech Clinic, your total wellness is our priority. If you’ve ever thought of buying a hearing aid without a professional hearing evaluation or the expert advice of a licensed hearing care...
Three Cheers for Earwax!
Let’s talk earwax. From its texture to its appearance, it gets a bad name. We suspect the yellow-brown goo might be down a friend or two, so we want to give credit where credit is due. Here are five reasons...
How Is Your Child’s Hearing?
The human body is uniquely resilient and adaptable, able to overcome debilitating infections, viruses, bacteria, and congenital difficulties — and that includes hearing loss, thankfully. A bevy of recent studies suggests that our children may not be getting all of...
How Headphones and Earbuds Affect Your Hearing
Tune In to Your Hearing Media and music are more accessible than ever, making earbuds and headphones essential. With the rise in technology use, it’s no surprise that there’s a rise in hearing loss. According to the National Institute on...
4 Ways Hearing Loss Impacts Your Life
There’s a common statistic that individuals with hearing loss wait an average of seven years before seeking treatment — and a lot can happen in those seven years. Hearing loss may have affected your life in any number of ways,...
5 Ways Better Hearing Can Improve Your Life
To many people, hearing loss is a topical problem with a topical solution: You can’t hear as well as you used to? Get hearing aids and you’ll be fine. But the reality is that hearing loss has far-reaching effects on...
Tinnitus Can Be Confusing — Let’s Clear the Air
Many of our patients complain of a ringing, whistling, or hissing in their ears — a symptom of hearing loss known as tinnitus. People who experience this sort of “head noise” and aren’t sure what it is might think it’s...
Depression Is a Risk Factor for Dementia — and Both Are Associated with Hearing Loss
Until recently, scientists could not pinpoint the relationship between depression and dementia — both of which are related to hearing loss — but that mystery appears to have been solved. A new study published in the journal Neurology details the...