Last week it became clear that Seattle had become the epicenter for the coronavirus in the United States. The medical team at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Washington, across Lake Washington from Seattle, found the virus because they were looking for it! The team took “a long shot” and sent in the samples of two critical patients they […]
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Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) most often occurs in both ears, affecting them equally. Because the loss is gradual, you may not realize that you’ve lost some of your ability to hear. Having trouble hearing can make it hard to understand and follow a doctor’s advice, respond to warnings, and hear phones, doorbells, and smoke alarms. […]
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Hearing loss is an older person’s problem, right? No, the leading cause of hearing loss is noise, not age. Damage from everyday noise is growing among those in their teens and 20s. Younger Americans are exposed to a barrage of noise from concerts, movie theaters, loud video games, and personal listening devices. Yet, excessive noise […]
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All infants should have a hearing screening before they are one month old. If the infant does not pass the first screening they should have a complete hearing test before three months of age and if a loss is found begin early intervention services before six months of age. (CDC.gov) A few years ago I […]
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Our ability to communicate with people is vitally dependent on our ability to understand speech. As Helen Keller, once said, “Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people”. Many take their sense of hearing for granted, until they begin to lose hearing acuity. Hearing is what connects us and enables […]
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