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Maintaining an Active Lifestyle with Hearing Aids

In Health, Hearing Aids, Hearing Health, Lifestyle and Leisure by Dr. Robert Hooper Au.D.

Do you remember the hearing aids your grandparents used to wear? If so, you likely think of hearing aids as bulky, cumbersome, and subject to feedback. However, like all technology, hearing aids have come quite a long way in the past 20 years. The old analog technology of hearing aids is now replaced with sleek digital hearing aids which offer …

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Why Pretending to Hear Doesn’t Help

In Hearing Loss, Lifestyle and Leisure by Dr. Robert Hooper Au.D.

Breaking bad habits is hard to do! We tend to shy away from situations that cause ourselves or others discomfort. We create techniques to save us from embarrassment such as forgetting someone’s name immediately after being introduced. We pretend to like a person in our social circles to keep the peace, show good manners and be civil-minded. Everyone finds ways …