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At a recent meeting of my local chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), Susan Naidu, an audiologist at the University of Utah, spoke about auditory fatigue, also called listener fatigue or cognitive energy fatigue. According to Susan, this “real condition is not discussed or researched enough.” It isn’t clinically recognized but many

Uncorrected hearing loss may raise the risk of mental and physical health problems and leads to higher hospitalization rates and health care costs, according to research published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The two-part report, based on an analysis of health data from more than 150,000 people 50 and older

Speech and Hearing Associates is excited to announce that our certified Hanen providers will be offering the It Takes Two to Talk® Hanen workshop for parents of children under the age of 5 years who have been diagnosed with language delays. This workshop consists of eight (8) two and one-half hour small group sessions led by

Keeping the people you love in the conversation and part of the celebration is one of the most meaningful things you can do this holiday season. Even when surrounded by loved ones, a friend or family member’s difficulty hearing can make them feel cut off. Too often, people with unaddressed hearing loss withdraw socially and

Noise-induced hearing loss is the only form of hearing loss that is preventable. 

Hearing loss from noise can happen to anyone at any age, and it can take years to be noticeable. A 2017 study of U.S. adults aged 20 to 69 years shows that nearly one in four has signs of possible hearing loss from noise in one or both ears based on features of their hearing

Washington, DC — Your heart and hearing may have more in common than you realize says the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), ( www.BetterHearing.org) which is raising awareness of the link between hearing loss and cardiovascular disease for World Heart Day, September 29. A growing body of research shows that a person’s hearing health and cardiovascular

Dr. Nina Kraus, internationally known neuroscientist at Northwestern University recently published an article that provides additional evidence that concussions affect auditory processing, specifically, listening in noise abilities.