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What is Conductive Hearing Loss?

What is Conductive Hearing Loss?

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Sound flows like water in a river. More precisely, a narrow brook. When this brook experiences blockage at one point in the stream, the water flow is hindered. Some of the water isn’t able to reach its final destination. Sound works similarly to this. When there...
How to Get a Loved One to Consider Hearing Aids

How to Get a Loved One to Consider Hearing Aids

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You wondered if your aging parent’s hearing was getting worse, but now it’s painfully clear. They are indeed suffering from hearing loss. Midway through a conversation that others in the home are having, grandpa chimes in loudly with a completely off the...
3 Things to Know About Workplace Hearing Loss

3 Things to Know About Workplace Hearing Loss

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Ensuring worker safety has become a core value among businesses today. Yet one source of workplace harm gets overlooked in many cases: noise. Excessively loud work environments can lead to both short- and long-term hearing problems. For instance, according to one...
Why is Noise Induced Hearing Loss on the Rise?

Why is Noise Induced Hearing Loss on the Rise?

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Hearing Loss, the Underestimated Threat Are you one of the people that have dealt with ringing in the ears, especially after being exposed to loud noise? Sometimes, you might not even recognize the noise was damaging until a great deal of time has passed. You may...