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It’s Audiology Awareness Month

October is Audiology Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to spreading awareness about the services audiologists provide as well as why you might consider hearing protection or treatment.

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September is Healthy Aging Month

The month of September is Healthy Aging Month. This is a great time to be thinking about some practices and habits you can implement in your life to help your health in the long run.

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Important Factors for a Long, Healthy Life

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.

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Hearing Aids Could Improve Long-Term Brain Function

A recently released study suggests there is a way to combat this. The study revealed that wearing a hearing aid to combat age-related hearing loss could help people improve their brain function long term.

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Your Back-to-School Hearing Checklist

With back-to-school season heading your direction, we’re sure you have gathered many lists of supplies, like notebooks, pencils, and crayons that your child needs for school. While those are important for your child to learn their best, it’s also important that you consider what your child may need to either prevent hearing loss or help if they are already experiencing it.

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Protecting Your Ears From the Sounds of Summer

Some of the best summer sounds, can also be the most harmful: sports games, fireworks, outdoor concerts. However, rather than avoiding these sounds, you can still have fun while protecting your ears! Keep reading to find out how and when you should protect your ears this summer.

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It’s Swimming Season: Tips to Avoid Swimmer’s Ear

If your child spends most of their summer days in the water, you've likely seen how painful swimmer's ear can be. Swimmer's ear, also known as acute external otitis or otitis externa, is an infection in the outer ear canal (running from your eardrum to the outside of your head).

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Possible Link Between Hearing Loss Before 50 and Substance Abuse

A recent study by the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System showed that people under age 50 with hearing loss misuse prescription opioids at twice the rate compared to their hearing peers and are more likely to misuse alcohol and other drugs, as well.

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5 Diseases That May Cause Hearing Loss

Although hearing loss is typically associated with aging, environmental or hereditary causes, there are several diseases that contribute to the risk of hearing loss.

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Sign Language Stories: The Wave of the Future?

Starbucks opened a new signing store in Washington D.C. last Fall. The store is the first of its kind in the U.S. and is located near Gallaudet University, an institution for Deaf and hard of hearing students.

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