What goes up must come down. Often, it’s not the ground floor, but rock bottom! Sugar makes us do weird stuff and boosts our energy levels, but what does this addictive “high” do to our hearing health over time? The 14th of Nov 2022 is World Diabetes Day, so let’s unpack the truths together and …
We’re living in an exciting age where hearing loss has shrugged a lot of its outdated stigmas. This is largely due to innovative advancements like Bluetooth and minuscule hearing aids, as well as a proliferation of information available on several digital platforms. But there is one consequence that is seldom addressed in the media and …
Work is already a demanding landscape that’s full of daily challenges, learning curves, internal politics, and many more bumps in the road! So, imagine being hard of hearing in a hearing-abled environment and how this could be quite a mind field to navigate! When you have hearing difficulties and are starting a new position at …
Viral infections have often been associated with damage or changes to the sensitive inner ear. This may also be the case with COVID. Recent studies have shown that hearing loss was present in approximately 3% of all patients with Covid. Tinnitus was found to have occurred in nearly 5% of Covid patients. This suggests that …
As far as humans go, we’re quite an adaptable bunch. Most of us are stubborn or bull-headed by nature, but when changes come, we seem to adapt well. The same can be said about adapting to certain changes in our bodies. As we get older, we have to ‘pivot’ and embrace that our hearing will …
There are many great things we know about our “hero dads”, but one thing is uncertain: why do they seem to only hear what they want to? Is it perhaps a genetic mutation that when the conversation is not around women, beer, sports and food, the words go into their ears and leave at supersonic …
Mothers tolerate so much and often make compromises we’ll never know of. So, when you start to notice certain signs that her hearing is not what it used to be, she may need a little help from you. One of the easiest tell-tale signs that your mother or a mother you may know, needs to …
Many chocolate gurus swear by the ‘bitter-cousin’ of milk chocolate. However, an 80% dark chocolate bar does require a refined pallet and, like most indulgences, we need to look at the benefits first. Dark chocolate has a long history, dating back 3,000 years. It was first used as a drink in Central and South America …
World Hearing Day is on the 3rd of March this year and it’s the perfect time to make some life choices that may just save your hearing in the future. The theme this year is “To hear for life, listen with care” and it focuses on the prevention of hearing loss through safe listening. Safe …
Can you remember the first time you heard the words ‘I love you’? Perhaps this memory goes back to being a toddler, a love-struck teen on your first date, or hearing Michael Jackson squeak them at you from a TV screen! No matter how old you were or are, these words hold some of the …