Why You Should Keep an Eye on Your Aunt’s Hearing

Why You Should Keep an Eye on Your Aunt’s Hearing

As your loved ones get older, you expect things like the need for bifocals or stories about when they were your age or changing hair color. Another change commonly connected with aging is hearing loss. This happens for numerous reasons: Some medications or medical treatments such as chemotherapy that cause structural damage to the ear, […]

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3 Things You Should Understand About Hearing Protection

3 Things You Should Understand About Hearing Protection

Is your hearing protection failing to protect your hearing? Look out for these three things. Despite your best attempts, you can sometimes encounter things that can mess with your hearing protection, both at home and at work. That’s hard to cope with. You’re trying to do the right thing after all. When you go to […]

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More Veterans Deal With This Than Anything Else

More Veterans Deal With This Than Anything Else

The men and women who serve our country in uniform too often suffer debilitating mental, physical, and emotional difficulties after their service has ended. Within the continuing dialogue concerning veteran’s healthcare, the most frequently diagnosed disability is often relatively ignored: Tinnitus and hearing loss. Even if you factor in age and occupation, there’s a 30% […]

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How do I Know What Type of Hearing Protection to Use?

How do I Know What Type of Hearing Protection to Use?

A loud workplace isn’t very good for your ears (or your focus, for that matter). Even moderate noise, when experienced for many hours a day, can start to undermine your hearing health. That’s why it’s pretty smart to begin asking questions like, “what level of hearing protection should I use”? Most of us probably didn’t […]

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Neglected Hearing Loss Can Cause Mayhem With Your Health

You can wind up in the hospital if you don’t properly manage your hearing loss symptoms. I know that sounds like an exaggeration. Most people think of hearing loss as an inconvenience that makes it hard to hear the TV or what someone is saying at worst. But new research is ringing alarm bells about […]

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Surprise: This is The Most Prevalent Workplace Injury

Surprise: This is The Most Prevalent Workplace Injury

Approximately two million workplace injuries are reported each year. Normally, we think of a hand caught in a piece of machinery or a flying projectile when we consider work-related injuries. But the most prevalent workplace injury is far more insidious and often goes unreported. Over a few years, it will sneak up slowly on people. […]

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Why Can I Hear Soft Sounds But Can’t Make Out Conversations?

Cranking up the volume doesn’t always solve hearing loss issues. Consider this: Many people can’t understand conversations even though they are able to hear soft sounds. The reason for this is hearing loss often develops unevenly. Certain frequencies get lost while you can hear others perfectly fine. Hearing Loss Comes in Numerous Types Conductive hearing […]

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How Your Hearing is Affected by Your Weight

How Your Hearing is Affected by Your Weight

There are plenty of health reasons to keep in shape, but did you know weight loss supports improved hearing? Research indicates children and adults who are overweight are more likely to cope with hearing loss and that eating healthy and exercising can help strengthen your hearing. It will be easier to make healthy hearing decisions […]

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Dr. Laura Padham, Audiologist

Ocean Gate, NJ

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