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How To Enjoy Thanksgiving When You Have Hearing Loss
This article reflects on the challenges of enjoying Thanksgiving with hearing loss, highlighting difficulties in communication amidst large gatherings, background noise, and lively conversations. The author shares practical tips to enhance communication, such as discussing seating arrangements in advance, minimizing background noise, optimizing hearing aid settings, using assistive listening devices, taking breaks, being honest about hearing difficulties, and embracing humor to navigate mishearin...
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How to Protect Your Hearing at a Music Festival
Summer is a great time to enjoy live music at festivals, but prolonged exposure to loud noises can permanently damage your hearing or cause tinnitus. The article highlights the dangers of noise levels exceeding 100 dB and explains how excessive sound intensity damages inner-ear cells, leading to permanent hearing loss within minutes. To protect your hearing, it suggests six practical tips: wearing earplugs, using custom musician’s earplugs, taking regular breaks from loud environments, staying ...
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How to Protect Your Hearing on the Plane
When traveling by plane, protecting your hearing is crucial due to the loud cabin noise, which can cause long-term damage. While traditional over-the-ear noise-cancelling headphones like Bose’s Quiet Comfort were once the go-to choice for many travelers, there has been a shift toward using in-ear earbuds, such as Apple’s AirPods, thanks to their portability, versatility, affordability, and stylish appeal. However, standard Bluetooth earbuds often lack effective noise cancellation, leading use...
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How To Survive A Cocktail Party When You Have Hearing Loss
Cocktail parties can be challenging for individuals with hearing loss due to the constant buzz of conversation and background noise, making it difficult to focus on important sounds. The author shares their personal experience navigating such events, emphasizing the importance of preparation and strategic approaches. By arriving rested, selecting a favorable location in the room, advocating for oneself, utilizing technology like hearing aids or transcription apps, giving visual cues, taking break...
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Huey Lewis Takes on Hearing Loss in Upcoming Mockumentary Series, ‘Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis?’
Singer-songwriter Huey Lewis, frontman of the 1980s rock band Huey Lewis and the News, is set to star in a new Fox series titled *Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis?*, a lighthearted mockumentary exploring his fictionalized personal struggles, including his hearing loss. The show, co-produced by Jimmy Kimmel and executive produced by Kirker Butler (*Only Murders in the Building*), will feature his family and celebrity friends. Known for hits like "The Power of Love" and "Hip to be Square," Lewis has...
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EssilorLuxottica Hearing Aid Glasses Review
EssilorLuxottica, in collaboration with Nuance Hearing, has developed a prototype of smart glasses that integrate advanced hearing aid technology, offering directional sound amplification and real-time speech enhancement. Tested in various environments, the glasses demonstrated significant benefits for users in both moderate and loud noise settings, particularly aiding in focusing on specific voices while suppressing background noise. However, challenges such as amplified self-voice, occasional a...
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