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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The recent pandemic has had a major impact on the way we access healthcare. Telehealth, or using digital information and communication technologies (computers and mobile devices) to access health care …