Hearing is one of our most vital senses. Communication is essential to being human. It connects us to the world, binds us to those that make up our community and enables us to experience a full and abundant life. It begins with sound Sounds are waves of...
Get into the habit of wearing and cleaning your hearing aids It is important to get into a good habit of wearing your hearing aids daily. As the devices become part of your natural routine, you start to forget they are there but, importantly, start to...
Hearing can protect you against unnecessary cognitive decline Recent research has shown that adults who develop age-related hearing loss have a higher chance of cognitive decline. While there's currently no treatment that can cure or reverse the loss of cognitive functions like memory, researchers have identified a...
Your ears collect sound which then travels to your brain's hearing centre. Your brain must then select which sounds to focus on and listen to and which sounds are irrelevant and should be filtered out. From here, the brain links the sound to your memory...