The easy answer is yes, overexposure to noise that causes stress will indeed affect your health to some degree. In a recent blog article Starkey.com the topic of “noise annoyance” was discussed and we felt the topic deserved more attention because of the significant long term negative effects cited in various studies. Noise annoyance has […]
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The Silent Strain on Relationships Have you ever found yourself repeating things to your partner? Or felt left out of conversations because it’s too hard to keep up? Hearing loss sneaks up on us, often unnoticed, until it starts affecting the most important parts of our lives—our relationships. The Growing Effort to Communicate Most people
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From an article in CNN Money: After being invited to an event thrown by Starkey Hearing Foundation several years ago, John realized that what he thought was an occasional hearing issue was actually a much larger problem. “I’d often think people were mumbling or something wasn’t on that loud,” he said. “But at the
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If the hockey game was blurry and hard to see what was happening, you would do get your vision checked immediately. Hearing loss is essentially the same effect. You are missing out yet people are willing to wait on average 7 years before they do something about it. To hear what you have been
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You may have already heard that May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month. Increasing public awareness about the challenges faced by people with hearing loss is important to us. We will be focusing on hearing health and communication with an emphasis on how to help a friend or loved one cope with their hearing loss.
Over the past several years the news has revealed an increasing number of musicians struggling with hearing loss. Rock icons and classical musicians alike are revealing the toll excessively loud music has had on their hearing and subsequently their career. The saddest part is: Noise induced hearing loss is 100% preventable. According to an article
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