Often one of our best hearing tips is to avoid listening to music or podcasts too loud. However, technology like noise-canceling headphones can actually help you prevent hearing loss while still enjoying your favorite music, audiobooks, etc.

Thanks to Healthy Aging Month, the aging experts at Assisted Living Services, Inc. (ALS) in Connecticut have offered tips on the top three ways seniors can stay smart, safe and independent.

Bose recently launched noise-masking sleepbuds™, tiny wireless earbuds designed for comfort that deliver soothing sounds to help you sleep. Bose markets the sleepbuds to everyone who has trouble falling or staying asleep due to unwanted noises like snoring and traffic (or for those who have partners who are bothered by standard noise machines).

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. As audiologists, we see the effects that noise has on our patients' hearing on a weekly, if not daily, basis. It's not just our patients: approximately 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-69 have hearing loss caused by exposure to loud noises.