by Professional Hearing Center | Jan 15, 2020 | Hearing Loss Articles
There’s a lingering belief in some circles that a practice known as “ear candling” is a good way to minimize your earwax. Does ear candling work and what is it? Do Earwax Candles Work? Spoiler alert: No. They absolutely don’t work. Why then do...
by Professional Hearing Center | Jan 8, 2020 | Hearing Loss Articles
It’s one thing to know that you need to safeguard your ears. Recognizing when to safeguard your ears is a different story. It’s not as simple as, for example, knowing when to wear sunblock. (Is it sunny and will you be outside? Then you need sunblock.)...
by Professional Hearing Center | Dec 18, 2019 | Hearing Loss Articles
Selective hearing is a term that commonly gets tossed about as a pejorative, an insult. Perhaps you heard your mother suggest that your father had “selective hearing” when she thought he might be ignoring her. But actually selective hearing is quite the...
by Professional Hearing Center | Dec 11, 2019 | Hearing Loss Articles
Hearing loss is normally thought to be an older person’s concern – in fact, it’s estimated that around 50% of individuals aged 75 and older have some form of hearing loss. And even though it’s frequently entirely preventable, a new study reveals an...
by Professional Hearing Center | Nov 27, 2019 | Hearing Loss Articles
Multiple studies have verified that hearing loss can have an influence on your brain. (Some of our other blogs clearly reveal that.) The good news is, it’s also been confirmed that you can recover some of that cognitive capacity by using hearing aids. This is...
by Professional Hearing Center | Nov 20, 2019 | Hearing Loss Articles
When you’re born with hearing loss, your brain develops a little differently than it normally would. Surprised? That’s because our ideas about the brain aren’t always accurate. Your mind, you believe, is a static thing: it only changes as a result of...
