by Geneva Hearing Services | Jun 4, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The World Health Organization reports that 1.1 billion people are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, caused by exposure to intense sound levels from personal music devices and noisy environments such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. An...
by Geneva Hearing Services | May 28, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we have to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing increasingly challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional reactions to the loss of hearing. In conjunction, the two...
by Geneva Hearing Services | May 21, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Most people are surprised to learn how young the discipline of audiology actually is, and just how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you desired to find the founding father of biology, as an example, you’d have to go...
by Geneva Hearing Services | Apr 5, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before getting a professional diagnosis, notwithstanding the fact that the warning signs of hearing loss are clear to others. But are those with hearing loss merely too stubborn to get help? No, actually, and...
by Geneva Hearing Services | Mar 26, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
If the unfamiliar triggers anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is particularly nerve-racking. While the majority of us have experience with the family physician and the community dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It sure would...
by Geneva Hearing Services | Mar 19, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
While most of us remain up to date with our annual physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we typically forget to give consideration to the well-being of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to diminish, it appears so slowly and gradually that we...
