by Admin AHC | Sep 5, 2018 | Hearing Health News
Washington — Too many children with hearing loss aren’t getting adequate help and are being put at risk for social, emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) warned.. citing a national study exploring the unforeseen...
by Admin AHC | Aug 15, 2018 | Hearing Health News
Most of the 28 million Americans living with untreated hearing loss may be unaware that failure to take corrective action could result in the brain actually “forgetting” how to hear and understand speech, according to audiologist Cindy Beyer, AuD, senior...
by Admin AHC | Jul 10, 2018 | Hearing Health News
Mr. Smith suffers from “isolation, inactivity, lack of enjoyment and negative thinking.” His wife complains that lately he “speaks less” and “with more silences.” He “takes longer to respond to the remarks of others,” and his face is “relatively devoid of animation.”...
by Admin AHC | Jun 14, 2018 | Hearing Health News
In honor of Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month we wanted to share Better Hearing Institute’s list of 7 health concerns that illustrate how hearing loss is linked to a number of health issues–many of which involve brain function. 1. Cognition: Studies from Brandeis...
by Admin AHC | May 15, 2018 | Hearing Health News
By Søren Hougaard, MA; Stefan Ruf, MA; Christian Egger, MA, and Harvey Abrams, PhD The authors describe the methodology associated with the world’s largest consumer market surveys on hearing aids and hearing loss, and report their findings with a focus on the...
by Admin AHC | Feb 20, 2018 | Hearing Health Articles, Hearing Health News
According to a recent study by Jamie Desjardins, PhD, an assistant professor in the speech-language pathology program at The University of Texas at El Paso, hearing aids improve brain function in people with hearing loss. It is known that hearing loss, if left...
