Tips for Wearing a Mask with Hearing Aids

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new trials and routines to many of us, as we learn to adapt to things like quarantine, physical distancing, and yes, face masks.  Use of face masks has become increasingly common in public places, even required in many states, including Virginia, but face masks pose unique challenges to those who …

New Discovery in Fruit Flies Holds Promise for Age-Related Hearing Loss Treatment

Hearing loss is more common than you may realize. In the United States, 1 in 5 people over the age of 12 have hearing loss of some kind. When combined with the children who have hearing loss, that makes for 48 million Americans with hearing loss. For those who are aged 65 to 74 years …

Why It’s Important to Always Wear Your Hearing Aids—Even At Home

If you are like most people in the world, you have probably spent a lot of time at home in the last few months. It seems that “normal life” grounded to a halt when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and since then, many of us have been spending more time than usual in our homes. All …