Noise is so prevalent in our contemporary landscape that it’s hard sometimes to realize that we’re being exposed to potentially harmful noise levels, but all the same we are surrounded with sounds that could harm our hearing. In combination with a diet that can restrict blood flow, our cilia (the tiny, hair-like cells in the inner ear that convert the …

Anyone with hearing loss can tell you: hearing loss is exhausting. While some people who are new to hearing loss, especially age-related hearing loss, might assume that this fatigue is a separate, age-related condition, it will go away if the hearing loss is treated with hearing aids. Pretty cool, right? Listening Fatigue Listening fatigue happens to everyone. It’s probably happened …

There are about 48 million people in America today who suffer from hearing loss. About 15% of people over the age of 18 report that they have trouble hearing. While age-related hearing loss is expected to reduce our hearing ability at some point in our lives, we don’t need to add to it with noise-induced hearing loss. The better we …