by Amy Pajula, on December 8, 2024
Living with hearing loss can become particularly difficult during the holiday season when social gatherings grow in size and frequency. Shortly after Thanksgiving, I took my college-aged sons to our …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on February 2, 2024
Today, we have a larger number of older adults than any other recorded time in history; approximately 49 million Americans are 65 and older. The World Health Organization estimates that …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on July 1, 2023
Summer is in full swing, and many of us are getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend with parades, concerts, and, inevitably, some fireworks. While most of us …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on December 10, 2022
The holiday season is here along with an increase in social celebrations both large and small. Whether it’s attending large gatherings in restaurants, neighborhood cocktail parties, family gatherings, or religious …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on June 4, 2022
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air". There is nothing better than the arrival of summer! The smells the sounds …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on May 3, 2022
In 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association designated May as Better Hearing and Speech Month. Raising awareness about hearing and speech challenges and reminding people to get their hearing checked is …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on April 4, 2022
Working with hearing loss can present challenges, and the pandemic changed the way we work. Forty-five percent of full-time U.S. employees worked from home either all (25%) or part of …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on January 31, 2022
The most common complaint from people living with hearing loss is difficulty hearing and understanding speech in background noise. Background noise is present in almost all situations, with the impact …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on December 31, 2021
Hearing loss is the third most common chronic physical condition in the United States, twice as prevalent as diabetes or cancer. It's also one of the few modifiable risk factors …
Read Storyby Envoy Medical Staff Member, on November 30, 2021
The pandemic has brought grief, frustration, fear, and isolation to many over the last 18 months. However, it also brought growth, change, and progress to our lives in record time …
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