by Hear Virginia | Jan 10, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
“Now I wake up each morning to the sound of birds” A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. The implant consists of an external portion that sits...
by Hear Virginia | Jan 7, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
Envision your life in 2016 with half the stress and double the energy. Who wouldn’t want to have that? While virtually everyone aspires to improved health, it’s no secret that most health-related New Year’s resolutions fail. We tend to set resolutions that are too...
by Hear Virginia | Dec 24, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Quick question: how many individuals in the United States are afflicted with some type of hearing loss? What is your answer? I’m inclined to bet, if I had to guess, that it was well short of the correct answer of 48 million individuals. Let’s consider one more. How...
by Hear Virginia | Dec 17, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
With one out of every five individuals in the United States battling with some form of hearing loss, there’s a good chance you know at the least one person who has some trouble hearing. And bearing in mind the potent links amongst healthy hearing and physical, mental,...
by Hear Virginia | Dec 10, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Through the course of the year, we’ve sought after and shared extraordinary stories about people overcoming hearing loss to our Facebook page. These motivational stories remind us of what human determination and perseverance can achieve—even in the face of...
by Hear Virginia | Nov 19, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Communication is regularly cited as one of the most—if not the most—crucial factors to building and maintaining healthy relationships. As stated by the PBS program The Emotional Life: “How couples behave when solving problems together or arguing can predict the...
