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What Causes Earwax Accumulation?

What Causes Earwax Accumulation?

May 1, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Test Info

You most likely don’t give a lot of thought to earwax buildup unless you’re in the process of cleaning it out. Still, it’s crucial to have an understanding of its purpose and how it develops. What initiates the buildup of earwax? Earwax, scientifically identified as cerumen, is a thick blend of debris, hair, skin particles, […]

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Love and Hearing Loss – Couples Strategies for Better Communication

Love and Hearing Loss – Couples Strategies for Better Communication

April 25, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Loss Articles

Hearing loss can impact many aspects of your day-to-day life. Untreated hearing loss, for instance, can affect your professional life, your favorite pastimes, and even your relationships. Communication can become strained for couples who are dealing with hearing loss. This can cause increased tension, more arguments, and even the growth of animosity. If untreated, in […]

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4 Reasons to Have Your Hearing Assessed Regularly

4 Reasons to Have Your Hearing Assessed Regularly

April 18, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Test Info

Why is getting routine hearing tests significant? Well, the truth is that hearing loss can have significant and long-term impacts on your overall health. Your quality of life will be improved, your health will be improved, and you will get proper treatment faster if you get screened regularly. Who should get a hearing exam? A […]

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How Long Can You Expect Your Hearing Aids to Last?

How Long Can You Expect Your Hearing Aids to Last?

April 11, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Aids News

Physically, you will usually get several years out of your hearing aids, but as your degree of hearing loss changes, your hearing aids could need an update. Comparable to prescription glasses, hearing aids are customized to accommodate your specific auditory requirements, requiring regular reassessment. Assuming appropriate programming and fitting, here’s a guide for their longevity. […]

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Still Battling to Hear Even With “Normal” Hearing

Still Battling to Hear Even With “Normal” Hearing

April 4, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Loss Articles

Your workplace recently adopted the trend of open-office floor plans, promoting collaboration and teamwork. However, you find yourself struggling in this new configuration. It’s because the elevated noise is making it challenging to follow along with conversation and not because you miss the privacy of cubical walls. Even if established hearing tests indicate totally normal […]

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Hearing Loss Can be Triggered by These Common Medications

Hearing Loss Can be Triggered by These Common Medications

March 28, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Loss Articles

When you start on a course of medication, it’s natural to want to be informed about any potential side effects. Can it trigger digestive problems? Will it cause your mouth to dry out? Cause insomnia? There could also be a more severe potential side effect that you may not think of – hearing loss. Ototoxicity […]

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Muffled Hearing: Causes and Treatment Options

Muffled Hearing: Causes and Treatment Options

March 21, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Test Info

There are a wide variety of reasons for muffled hearing. For the majority of people, it’s a short-term experience. In other cases, muffled hearing can be a harbinger of more serious hearing-related issues. That’s because, in general, hearing loss is a gradually progressing condition. Symptoms develop gradually over a long period of time. One of […]

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Best Practices for Using the Phone with Hearing Aids

Best Practices for Using the Phone with Hearing Aids

March 15, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Aids News

These days, the mobile phone network is much more dependable (and there’s a lot less static involved). But in some cases, it will still be difficult to hear what the person on the other end is saying. And for people who have hearing loss, it can be especially challenging. There must be an easy solution […]

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5 Hearing Aid Care Tips

5 Hearing Aid Care Tips

March 7, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Aids News

It probably seems like a simple thing to take care of your hearing aids. After all, you were probably given a set of care instructions when you first purchased your devices. Most hearing specialists will give you a step-by-step how-to in regard to regular hearing aid maintenance. Still, getting that much information at once means […]

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As We Age, Does Our Hearing Loss Get Worse?

As We Age, Does Our Hearing Loss Get Worse?

March 1, 2024 | America's Best Hearing | Hearing Loss Articles

Does hearing loss worsen as you age? Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent conditions impacting all adults as they age, but it’s a slow process. Actually, over one half of individuals 75 and older have a hard time hearing. Presbycusis Presbycusis is defined as age-related hearing loss or the gradual process of hearing […]

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