People don’t speak up the way they should. I’m not talking about speaking up concerning political or religious views. I’m talking about volume. Yes, I’ve become one of those old folks who has a slight hearing problem. As it turns out, I’m one of the twenty-five percent of adults over sixty-five who suffers from some ...
Looks like teens are more worried about what their peers think of them at concerts than the hassles of hearing loss later in life, according to at least one study, and also according to what just seems to be. The House Research Institute did a study on the effects of a live concert on teens’ ...
Hearing loss (presbycusis) is fairly common among people over the age of 50. Studies have indicated that age and kidney disease are two factors that can influence hearing loss. One study indicated that some degree of hearing loss was associated with 54 percent of people with moderate kidney disease. Of that 54 percent, 30 percent ...
Yes, it’s absolutely possible to prevent hearing loss as one gets older, because noise-induced hearing loss is a leading cause of hearing impairment. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 22 million U.S. people age 20 to 69 have permanent, noise-induced hearing loss — which comes from being around loud sounds. ...