(BPT) – Hearing loss is often called a “silent epidemic” because it can develop slowly and go unnoticed for years. According to the National Council on Aging, more than 60 million Americans over the ...

Most people with tinnitus have some degree of hearing loss. Research suggests that hearing aids may help reduce tinnitus and its impact on daily functioning. This article provides a brief overview of ...

Some 3 million Americans wear hearing aids. Yet spouses everywhere claim that number should be significantly higher. My wife, for example, says I don’t listen to much of what she tells me. I of course ...

A reader in the East Bay wrote in with a question on the Apple AirPods hearing aid function: Since the 80s, I’ve been going to rock concerts and cardio classes where they blare the music. Now I’m in ...

For decades, the only way to get a hearing aid was to visit a doctor and have one prescribed for you—probably in a strip mall office advertised on the marquee only with “HEARING AIDS” in block letters ...