Month: November 2014

Boisterous gatherings of family and friends are hallmarks of the holiday season. These gatherings buoy our spirits for the coming winter months and allow us to connect and re-connect in a meaningful way. However, close to 50% of households will be hosting someone with a hearing loss this year, which means careful planning to ensure everyone can enjoy and participate …

Let’s start with the obvious. It is easy to hear people, but it can be downright difficult to understand them. When you have a hearing loss, understanding all of the sounds you hear can be the hardest task, and all of the effort expended on understanding seriously undermines other good stuff, like remembering and, frankly, enjoying. First, if you have …

  The “Mozart Effect” is the idea that listening to Mozart’s music can temporarily boost certain cognitive tasks, like spatial-temporal reasoning. This gained traction in the early 1990s when a study indicated that college students who listened to Mozart scored higher on spatial reasoning tests. Beyond cognitive enhancements, the Mozart Effect may also offer benefits for auditory health and hearing. …

Most folks wait seven or more years to treat their hearing loss. That is seven years after diagnosis, which means your brain has been missing some of the auditory information it needs for almost a decade (or more!). Just like any unused body part, your brain is going to need some serious rehab to maximize its hearing performance, and a hearing aid …