Tag: hearing loss

What are sounds anyway? Maybe you’ve never given this much thought. But those who have hearing problems think about these issues regularly. They want to understand how hearing loss occurs. Occasionally, we can all experience temporary hearing problems. It can be troubling at first but usually, these go away in a few days. For instance,…

Each day we hear loud sounds from freeway traffic and car horns to airport noise. It’s easy to get so accustomed to all that noise that you don’t realize that it could be harming your hearing. One survey shows that 1 in 4 people over 60 years old have some degree of hearing loss. The…