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Are Portable Music Players Putting Your Ears at Risk?

Are Portable Music Players Putting Your Ears at Risk?

October 15, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Hearing Hearing Health Hearing Loss Tips & Tricks
  • Tags: Hearing Health hearing impairment hearing loss hearing loss prevention hearing protection noise-induced hearing loss

Turn the Music Up, Dude — But Not Past 85 Decibels You probably use your tablet or smartphone often to stream music, TV shows, or movies. In fact, many websites these days auto-play videos regardless of whether you want them to. Smartphones, tablets, and other types of portable music players (PMPs) are now commonplace, as […]

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Is Weight Connected to Hearing Loss?

Is Weight Connected to Hearing Loss? Studies Say There’s a Connection.

October 1, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Comorbidity Hearing Health Hearing Loss
  • Tags: comorbidity Hearing Health hearing loss hearing loss prevention

Is Weight Connected to Hearing Loss? Studies about weight often concern its relation to overall health. Common connections include weight and the risk for or prevalence of heart disease, diabetes, and sleep apnea, to name a few. One topic that doesn’t get as much attention is the connection between weight and risk for hearing loss. […]

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sports fans in a stadium enjoy the game without suffering hearing loss by using protection

Get the Home-Field Advantage With Hearing Protection

June 25, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Hearing Health Hearing Loss Hearing Protection
  • Tags: Custom Hearing Protection Hearing Health hearing loss prevention Loud Noise noise-induced hearing loss

It’s not fall without football. It’s not football without the shouting, whistling, and stomping of thousands of fans — a cacophony so powerful that it alone can change the course of a game. Many teams consider their fans their extra player, their 12th man. Being the 12th man is inspiring and energizing, but if you’re […]

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High Blood Pressure + Hearing Loss: 3 Things to Know

What Does Hypertension Have to Do With Hearing? Plenty!

June 15, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Comorbidity Disorders Hearing Health Hearing Loss

We’ve got a tip for your wellness checklist: Keeping your blood pressure down may help keep your hearing up! Both hearing loss and hypertension, or high blood pressure, impact millions of people around the world, but few realize that these two chronic conditions might go hand in hand. For your best health, here are three […]

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Noise Is Bad for My Heart? How Noise Pollution Affects Your Health

Health Effects of Noise Pollution

June 1, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Hearing Hearing Health Hearing Loss Hearing Protection

Noise is just noise, right? You learn to tune it out and, unless it’s really loud, you don’t worry about it. You definitely wouldn’t worry about its effects on your heart — would you? As far back as 1972, awareness of the adverse health effects of noise pollution was so strong that the U.S. Environmental […]

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Celebrate Lawn & Garden Month by Protecting Your Hearing

April Is National Lawn and Garden Month

April 15, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Hearing Health Hearing Loss Hearing Protection
  • Tags: hearing protection lawn and garden month noise-induced hearing loss protect hearing

Celebrate by Protecting Your Hearing Spring has sprung, and so has the annual spring cornucopia of sounds: birds singing, children laughing, neighbors chatting — and lawn equipment. Maintaining your burgeoning plant life is a noisy affair. Once you’ve used the mower, leaf blower, chain saw, and string trimmer, your ears have put up with quite […]

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Handling background noise just got easier

From Grilling to Graduation: Tips for Hearing Well With Friends and Family

March 27, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Communication Tips Hearing Loss Tips & Tricks

You watch the road while listening to music in the car. You listen to your cousin’s crazy stories while playing board games with nieces and nephews. You’re a pro at listening while your eyes are focused on something else, right? Not so, according to a recent study in Scientific Reports, which found that not looking […]

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Reverse-Slope Hearing Loss

Reverse-Slope Hearing Loss

March 1, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Hearing Aids Hearing Loss

Your Refrigerator Is Running — Can You Hear It? You’re probably familiar with the many telltale, well-known signs of hearing loss — asking people to repeat themselves frequently, turning up the TV to uncomfortable levels for others in the room, or leaning into a conversation on one side to use your “good ear.” But what […]

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Man and woman doing an interview

Healthy Living for Life — Dr. Carter Edition

February 21, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Community Hearing Aids Hearing Health Hearing Loss

Recently, our very own Dr. Hillary Carter was interviewed about hearing loss on Healthy Living for Life, a weekly series from Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. The topics ran the gamut, but here’s a sampling of what you’ll find if you check out the video.   Types of Hearing Loss We’re all familiar with permanent hearing loss […]

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Celebrate Black History Month 2018

8 Notable African-Americans With Hearing Loss

February 1, 2018

  • Posted By: Comprehensive Hearing Services
  • Categories: Hearing Loss News

With an estimated one in five Americans directly touched by hearing loss — a common chronic condition that spans race, gender, age, and socioeconomic status — some icons in pop culture and beyond have experienced this challenge in their own lives. As the nation celebrates Black History Month this February, take a look at these […]

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