{"id":3282,"date":"2014-05-27T10:36:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T10:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.63.138.122\/~ahs\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2022-06-07T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:40:39","slug":"hearing-is-our-focus-every-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/hearing-is-our-focus-every-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Is Our Focus EVERY Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff of Arizona Hearing Specialists with the Mayor\u2019s proclamation of May as \u201cBetter Hearing Month\u201d<\/p>\n

Have You Scheduled a Hearing Evaluation?<\/h3>\n

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month<\/em>\u2026so now is\u00a0a good\u00a0time\u00a0to schedule an appointment to have your hearing evaluated. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (or NIDCD), almost 20% of American adults report some degree of hearing loss<\/a>. Hearing loss can range in severity, but even a \u201cmild\u201d loss\u00a0can have a significant impact on a person\u2019s life. An audiologist is a professional who specializes in hearing\u00a0healthcare.\u00a0After doing\u00a0a hearing\u00a0evaluation,\u00a0the audiologist is well-trained in helping an individual understand their hearing loss and make a plan to help reduce the frustrations that may be caused by that loss.
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How Does Hearing Loss Occur?<\/h3>\n

There are many things that may cause hearing loss. The ear is\u00a0an intricate system, consisting of thousands of cells that are designed to transform sound waves into nerve impulses for the brain (click here<\/a> for a quick video on how the ear works). Noise exposure is one common cause of hearing loss, since loud noise (especially over prolonged periods of time) can damage those cells\u2026and, unfortunately, the damage is often permanent.\u00a0Sometimes a person has\u00a0hearing loss due to genetic factors. Other times,\u00a0age-related effects begin to cause the hearing to diminish\u2026.exactly WHEN those age-related effects begin, though, is highly variable. Quite often,\u00a0there\u00a0are a combination of\u00a0factors that\u00a0end up affecting how well we hear\u2026which is why it is good to see an audiologist when you first start noticing difficulty, regardless of how old you are!<\/p>\n

What Are the Signs of Hearing Loss?<\/h3>\n

One of the first issues that a person may notice is increased\u00a0difficulty following conversation in a noisy restaurant (or group situation). While this is a challenge for ANYONE (even with normal hearing, the background noise makes it difficult to hear), a person with hearing\u00a0impairment has even more difficulty. Another indication that a person may have hearing loss is the volume of the TV or radio. If you set the volume to your preferred level, and others tell you that it\u2019s too loud\u2026schedule an\u00a0evaluation! Keep in mind that your hearing loss has an effect on others, too\u2026not only because they have to listen to the TV or radio at a higher volume, but because they are often repeating themselves (because you didn\u2019t hear them correctly the first time), or they are repeating OTHERS (have you ever turned to your spouse and\u00a0asked \u201cWhat did\u00a0that\u00a0person\u00a0say?\u201d). This constant repetition and functioning as a \u201ctranslator\u201d can be tiring, frustrating, and downright annoying to friends and family.<\/p>\n

Take the Next Step\u2026<\/h3>\n

For the past several years, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild has issued a proclamation\u00a0to Arizona Hearing Specialists<\/a> recognizing May as \u201cBetter Hearing Month<\/strong>\u201d and highlighting our dedication to helping residents of Tucson (and the rest of\u00a0Southern Arizona) hear their best. The month of May is coming to an end\u2026but we treat EVERY month as \u201cBetter Hearing Month\u201d, so take a minute to schedule an appointment and make better hearing a priority in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staff of Arizona Hearing Specialists with the Mayor\u2019s proclamation of May as \u201cBetter Hearing Month\u201d Have You Scheduled a Hearing Evaluation? May is Better Hearing and Speech Month\u2026so now is\u00a0a good\u00a0time\u00a0to schedule an appointment to have your hearing evaluated. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (or NIDCD), almost 20% of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Hearing Is Our Focus EVERY Month!","_seopress_titles_desc":"(520) 399-7652 | Tucson | There are many things that may cause hearing loss. Noise exposure and age-related effects are common causes of hearing loss.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-protection-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7765,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions\/7765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}