New cures are constantly being found. That might be a positive or a negative. You might decide that you don’t really have to be very careful about your hearing because you read some promising research about possible future cures for deafness. You’ll feel like they will probably have a cure for deafness by the time […]
December 26, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Have you avoided the calls from friends, family, and co-workers to finally invest in a hearing aid? Do you think that right now you really don’t need a hearing aid or that you’re not losing enough to justify buying one? If your hearing keeps getting worse, it could cost you as much as $30,000 per […]
December 20, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t wear hearing protection, you might experience hearing loss down the road. Hearing loss might be in your future, for instance, if you work on a noisy factory floor without hearing protection. These are fairly common and well known causes of hearing loss. But there’s […]
December 12, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
For you and the people in your life, living with hearing loss can be difficult to adjust to. It can also come with some perils. What’s going to happen if you can’t hear a fire alarm or someone yelling your name? If you have neglected hearing loss, you won’t hear those car sounds that could […]
December 6, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Hearing loss can seriously effect the way you live, even when it’s mild. The way you communicate with friends, coworkers, and loved ones can change drastically. It can become a challenge to accomplish day-to-day activities like going shopping. But it doesn’t have to have this type of negative affect on you. If you use a […]
November 30, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
If you start talking about dementia at your next family gathering, you will probably put a dark cloud over the entire event. Dementia isn’t a subject most people are actively looking to discuss, mostly because it’s rather scary. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your cognitive faculties, dementia […]
November 30, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
You go into the kitchen to find a snack. How about a salty treat… maybe some crackers? Oooo, potato chips! Wait. Maybe this leftover slice of cheesecake. Perhaps you should just opt for a banana on second thought. After all, a banana is a much healthier choice. Everything is interconnected in the human body. So […]
November 14, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
So, so many family celebrations. It likely feels like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holiday season. That’s the charm (and, some might say, the bane) of the holiday season. Usually, this sort of yearly catching up is something that’s pleasing to look forward to. You get to […]
November 10, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
No two cases of hearing loss are the same You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be exactly the same as someone else who may have the same hearing loss condition. Each case of hearing loss is unique. While you might be able to relate to somebody else with hearing loss, remember […]
November 2, 2022 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
You’re bombarded by noise as soon as you arrive at the yearly company holiday party. You can feel the pumping music, the thrum of shouted conversations, and the clattering of glasses. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear anything in this noisy setting. The punch lines of jokes are getting lost, you can’t hear conversations […]
