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How Treating Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Can Help Your Stress Levels
Posted on July 28, 2015, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
Everyone feels stress occasionally, and for some of us, it can seriously disrupt health and well-being. While some stress can be a good thing to help us power through difficult or dangerous situations, those who have daily stress usually see it from family life or the workplace. Lots of stress can lead to health issues…
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Hearing Loss Has a Negative Impact on Our Mental and Social Health
Posted on July 15, 2015, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
Hearing loss isn’t often thought of as a condition that can harm our mental health, but research has shown that it can make an impact on our self-confidence and relationships with others — our social health, in other words — in ways that impact our mental well-being. Several large-scale studies have revealed how hearing loss…
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How Is Your Child’s Hearing?
Posted on April 10, 2015, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
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 the quality hearing care that they truly need to be successful academically, socially, and professionally.…
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How Headphones and Earbuds Affect Your Hearing
Posted on April 6, 2015, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
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 Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one in eight people in the U.S. (13%) ages…
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4 Ways Hearing Loss Impacts Your Life
Posted on April 6, 2015, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
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, including: <ol> Your Family In many cases, frustration over having to ask for words to…
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5 Ways Better Hearing Can Improve Your Life
Posted on November 7, 2014, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
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 all aspects of life — and better hearing can do wonders to reverse or mitigate…
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Tinnitus Can Be Confusing — Let’s Clear the Air
Posted on October 24, 2014, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
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 a serious condition. In some cases, tinnitus can be debilitating, but it’s rarely a sign…
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Depression Is a Risk Factor for Dementia — and Both Are Associated with Hearing Loss
Posted on September 7, 2014, by Brooks Hearing Clinic // Posted in
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 association, reporting that people with symptoms of depression tend to suffer a more rapid decline…