With harvest season quickly approaching, it’s time to pay attention to a hidden job hazard among farmers: hearing loss. Decades spent working on and near loud farming equipment – tractors, combines, skid loaders, you name it – leads to many cases of noise-related hearing loss. Nationwide estimates suggest up to three-quarters of the country’s 13 […]
Today’s hearing aids aren’t your father’s hearing aids. That is, they do a lot more than make it easier to hear – they actually make it easier to be healthy. Paired with Bluetooth technology and corresponding apps, modern hearing devices from the major manufacturers help wearers track a number of important health and fitness levels, helping monitor activity amounts […]
You know loud noise levels are bad for your ears, but did you know the health risks don’t stop there? It turns out that exposure to loud sounds affects different aspects of our health in a number of surprising ways. Being exposed to noise levels of 85 decibels or more over eight hours may cause […]
