by Main Line Audiology Consultants, P.C. | May 10, 2022 | Hearing Loss Articles
The last time you ate dinner with family, you were rather aggravated. It wasn’t because of family crisis (this time). No, the issue was that you couldn’t hear a thing over the loud noise of the room. So you didn’t hear the details about Nancy’s promotion,...
by Main Line Audiology Consultants, P.C. | Apr 19, 2022 | Hearing Loss Articles
Your ability to hear is valuable – once you lose it, the likelihood of getting it back in its natural form is slim to nil. But strangely, the general public tends to disregard hearing loss. In the US alone, one in eight individuals over the age of 12 suffer from...
by Main Line Audiology Consultants, P.C. | Apr 5, 2022 | Hearing Loss Articles
Hearing loss is widely recognized to be a process that develops slowly. It can be rather subtle for this very reason. Your hearing gets worse not in huge leaps but by tiny steps. And that can make the progressive decline in your hearing hard to keep track of,...
by Main Line Audiology Consultants, P.C. | Mar 29, 2022 | Hearing Loss Articles
One way your body provides information to you is through pain response. It’s not a terribly enjoyable approach but it can be effective. When that megaphone you’re standing near gets too loud, the pain lets you know that severe ear damage is happening and you instantly...
by Main Line Audiology Consultants, P.C. | Mar 21, 2022 | Hearing Loss Articles
If you cut your arm, it heals. If you stub your toe, it may feel painful and swollen but the inflammation will subside, and you’ll feel better in a little while. Even if you break a bone, when correctly set, it will heal. But what if you lose your hearing? Is it...
by Main Line Audiology Consultants, P.C. | Mar 15, 2022 | Hearing Loss Articles
An estimated 50% of individuals over the age of 75 have some form of hearing loss and that’s why most people consider it an issue for older people. But in spite of the fact that in younger people it’s entirely preventable, studies show that they too are in...