According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 60% of falls in adults over age 65 occur at home and most don’t happen from a height, say a ladder or the stairs. Most happen at ground level. While there are many causes for falls, dizziness and balance problems are more common as adults age. In addition, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, … Read More
Can’t Hear When Someone is Wearing a Mask? Try These Tips.
In spite of the fact that more and more people are getting vaccinated for COVID-19 every day, it looks like masking and social distancing will be with us for some time in order to safely return to normal activities at some point. For those with hearing loss, even for those without hearing loss, wearing a mask can make it difficult … Read More
Why Adults Lose Their Hearing
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, a great time to learn more about hearing and hearing loss. One of the biggest misconceptions about hearing loss is that it’s a problem only older adults experience. According to the National Institute for Deafness and Communicative Disorders, about two to three out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born … Read More
Hearing Loss and Heart Disease
As we age, two major health concerns are heart disease and hearing loss. Aside from COVID-19, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, while hearing loss is one of the most common health concerns older adults face, affecting about 2 percent of adults aged 45 to 54 who have disabling hearing loss. This rate increases … Read More
Measuring the Impact of Hearing Loss on Life
How do you measure the impact of hearing loss on life? According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), one way is to calculate disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). These are the number of healthy years lost due to a disease or other health condition. For a condition like hearing loss, it doesn’t mean that a person dies … Read More
Number of People with Hearing Loss to Increase
According to researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, in 2020, 55 percent of adults with hearing loss are 70 or older. In just 40 years, by 2060, that rate will jump to 67 percent. The researchers projected future hearing loss using data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Clearly, hearing loss is a common problem in … Read More
COVID-19 and Hearing Loss
Because COVID-19 is so new and research regarding its impact on the human body is limited, it’s difficult to know what the long-lasting effects with be on those who contract the virus. In fact, it’s likely it could be years before we know how this virus affects the body long term. Recently, however, studies published in highly respected medical journals, … Read More
Could a Healthy Diet Reduce Risk of Hearing Loss?
Can a healthy diet reduce the risk of hearing loss? Nutritional status has been identified as a risk associated with hearing loss. But in a recent review, researchers from Spain examined the links between hearing loss and nutritional status, looking at studies published between 2010 and 2019. What they found was that diets rich in saturated fats and cholesterol have … Read More
Study Shows Connection to Hearing/Dizziness
What people hear and do not hear can have a direct effect on their balance, according to new research from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE). The research, published in the March 12 issue of JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, provides a better understanding of the relationship between hearing loss and why people fall, especially … Read More
Is There a Connection Between Diabetes and Hearing Loss?
According to the American Diabetes Association, two of America’s most common health problems are diabetes and hearing loss. More than 34 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and an estimated 34.5 million have some type of hearing loss. And, there may be some overlap between these two groups. Research has found that hearing loss is twice as common in … Read More
