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Six Tips for Driving with Hearing Loss
While hearing loss doesn’t impact the ability to drive the same way vision loss does, it can still create safety barriers. Even a mild hearing loss can affect your ability to hear sirens, horns and…
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What’s Dual Sensory Impairment?
Dual sensory impairment is the name for co-occurring hearing and vision loss. While both are common due to the natural aging process, they can also be the result of Usher’s syndrome or other congenital factors,…
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Can Hearing Loss Be Reversed?
The short answer to this question is no—or rather, not yet. But recent preliminary research from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary show that re-growing missing or damaged cells in the inner…
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Holiday Travel with Hearing Aids
Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays might be a popular anthem this time of year, but many Southern California residents hit the roads or take to the skies to visit with relatives…
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The Link Between Chemicals and Hearing Loss
Hearing loss in Simi Valley is most often associated with noise exposure or natural aging. Other factors can be responsible, too; one of the lesser-known dangers involves chemicals. Which Chemicals are Harmful to Hearing? The…
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Don’t Let Hearing Loss Come Between You & Your Career
Once upon a time, people entering their 60s were on the verge of retiring. But with the average lifespan increasing at about the same rate as the cost of living, that retirement nest egg doesn’t…
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Does Iron Deficiency Cause Hearing Loss?
People with low iron levels in Simi Valley have a higher risk of developing health problems such as anemia. This, in turn, can lead to additional medical complications – including hearing loss. Iron Deficiency Anemia…
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Healthy Habits to Protect Your Hearing
We’re almost three months into the new year now, which means most of us broke our resolutions two and a half months ago. But it’s never too late to start practicing healthy habits, and with…
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Age + Hearing Loss = Cognitive Decline
The older we get, the more likely we are to experience declines in physical health. Hearing loss is increasingly common as we age; it affects about one-third of individuals aged 65, and nearly half of…
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How to Shop ‘Til You Drop with Hearing Loss
Black Friday has come and gone. Whether you were out in the trenches with a bazillion other crazed shoppers searching for deals in Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley or preferred to sleep off your turkey…
