Protect Your Hearing During Sporting Events
In our previous blog, we provided a set of tips to help the hearing impaired hear more effectively during sporting events and gatherings. There are more options than ever to help treat hearing loss; however, the best thing you can do for your hearing health is to use hearing protection. Large sporting events are saturated…
Love My Music and Love My Hearing
It seems as if I have been to more concerts lately than I did in my youth! My kids don’t know what to get Mom & Dad for presents anymore so they give us tickets to shows. My husband and I are thrilled with these kinds of gifts because we might not have thought to…
When it Comes to the Big Screen, Your Ears Play a Role
Sonic launches new infographic focusing on memorable movie sounds, just in time for the Oscars. March 28, 2014. Somerset, NJ. The shower scene from Psycho. The approaching shark fin in Jaws. Julie Andrews atop the Austrian Alps. From film scores to the remarkable voices of leading actors to the unforgettable sound effects of big-screen action…
Is hearing loss and cognitive decline really related?
There have been studies over the last several years that have implicated hearing loss being associated with accelerated cognitive decline and possibly also with the onset of dementia in older adults. There was nothing stated about a direct cause and effect relationship. There is now a new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics…