Everyone has their reasons for why they do certain things. Big things, like why they follow a particular career path or live in a specific city. And small, like what they’re going to have for dinner or wear to work today. Most times, the reasons are numerous and nuanced. Other times, it’s a single, simple reason that triggers the decision — like that they have chicken they need to use before it goes bad ...
In 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) designated the month of May as Better Hearing and Speech Month. Their goal at the time was to raise awareness about speech and hearing challenges and — more importantly — encourage people to take action and treat their own hearing and speech problems. That mission is just as important today as it was then. Maybe more so. One reason why? Because if the past two years have taught us anything ...
Our Veterans have undergone more stress and traumatic experiences than most of us can even fathom. Many suffer from PTSD. Due to the noise exposure of the being in the military most of our veterans will have developed some type of hearing loss. Tinnitus or ringing/head noises may also accompany our veterans. In fact, the traumatic event yields a person 2 times more likely to have tinnitus induced as a result. Veterans who suffer ...
Hearing loss can happen suddenly, due to an illness or an injury. Usually though… hearing loss often sneaks up on us. Slowly we start to misunderstand a few things. We may find ourselves in little spats with others that they are insisting they told us something and we swear they did not. This lack of remembering can be a byproduct of not hearing or completely understanding what was said to us. After all, you cannot ...
