Every year, new studies and research become available that shed light on how to better support the development of spoken language in children with hearing impairments. New research from the University of Helsinki has uncovered another important strategy: utilizing music. Finnish researchers found that music benefits the brains of hearing-impaired children and supports the development …
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How a Healthy Diet Can Cut Your Risk of Hearing Loss
It can help lower your risk of cancer and heart disease. It can boost your mood and help you manage anxiety. It can help prevent cognitive decline and improve memory. It can even help you manage your weight, improve gut health and boost your immune system. Now experts have found that it may also help …
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How Hearing Loss Can Lead To Changes In Personality
Though usually understood as physical damage to one’s hearing due to age, illness, or injury, hearing loss has numerous effects on not only physical health, but mental health. For the 48 million American’s suffering from various degrees of hearing loss, unseen struggles can reduce heir quality of life, extending much further than skin deep. A …
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What To Do With Used Hearing Aids And Batteries
Perhaps it is time to get rid of your hearing aids. Maybe you are considering an upgrade to a device with more features, or you now have a cochlear implant? No matter the reason, please do not merely throw the hearing aids away. It may be of use to a person who can’t afford hearing …
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The Correct And Incorrect Way To Remove Earwax
Earwax is natural and cleans, lubricates, and protects the ear canals by trapping dirt and impeding the spread of bacteria. Most of the time, old earwax moves through the ear canal via jaw movements and chewing motions. When it spreads to the outside of the ear, it flakes off. Earwax blockage happens when earwax, also …
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The Impact Of Noise Pollution On Your Hearing Health
We hear about it all the time, how bad all this noise is for us. The sounds of the city around us during our morning commute, the construction noise going on just around the block from the office, the hum of appliances running all at once in a busy kitchen, the list goes on and …
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