Hearing Loss is not just the inability to sense sound. Impaired pitch resolution can make it difficult to sort out complex sounds in speech, so the brain receives a sort of mishmash... one reason hearing loss can be so frustrating.
Maybe you hear incessant buzzing - another symptom of hearing loss. Or people seem to shout at you, when what you really need is to have soft sounds boosted and louds sounds softened.
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Hearing loss is a "silent theif", robbing you of much of your identity,your confidence, and your ability to enjoy the things you love. It often results in:
- Guessing or pretending to understand what has been said.
- Blaming others for mumbling or not speaking clearly.
- Denying any Hearing Loss.
- Personality changes. Some people even withdraw from work, friends, and family.
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Nearly 1 in 5 Baby Bookers and 1 out of 14 Gen-Xers (29-40) in the U.S. now have hearing loss, according to the Better Hearing Institute.
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Like hearing aid-wearing former President Bill Clinton, the first generation raised on rock-n-roll, gas powered lawn mowers, and other threats to our hearing has more hearing loss than our parents. |
| If you're a man, you're likely to notice problems in hearing about a decade before women, since you're more likely to work in areas with consistantly higher noice levels. |
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Pssst - by the way - according to the National Council on Aging, when people improve their hearing, they are happier, more productive, more active, make more money, and even have better sex lives - after all, the best aphrodisiac in the world is effective communication.
You'd be more aware that your hearing was threatened if your ears hurt when noise rose above a safe level. But it doesn't take much to start damage that can lead to partial or total hearing loss. Repeated exposure to sound levels above 70 decibels - roughly the level of put out by a hair dryer, vacuum cleaner, or gas lawn mower - can begin damaging your hearing.
Preventing damage in the first place is the wisest thing to do. Our protective devices can help you begin now to prevent hearing loss later.
We'll customize earmolds to your ears to comfortably and safely keep noise out!
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