Patient Resources
Medications That Can Affect Your Balance
Medication can be lifesaving, especially when you’re recovering from a surgery or a particularly bad illness, but some medications can also increase your risk of harmful falls, which accounts for a large number of hospitalizations for older adults each year. These...
Best Communication Techniques for Dementia Patients
When communicating with someone who has dementia, the interaction can often feel nerve-wracking; their ability to understand and express themselves may change from day to day or even hour to hour. As a caregiver, it’s crucial to approach these conversations with...
Jabra Enhance Plus OTC Hearing Aid Discontinued: What Are Your Options?
Effective October 1, 2024, Jabra has discontinued their Jabra Enhance Plus over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid, and the model will no longer be available for purchase, according to an announcement from ReSound. Citing risks of competition and the “premium”...
Dietary Choices & Brain Health: How to Feed Your Brain
New research from the UK Biobank and the University of Warwick has highlighted the link between your brain health and the food you eat – and that the diet you keep makes a big difference to your mental health. A large sample of 181,990 participants was analyzed for a...
New Research Brings New Avenues for Targeted Treatment and Early Detection of Alzheimer’s
It may come as a surprise to find that Alzheimer’s and hearing loss can often go hand in hand; without hearing the information you need to register, your brain fills in the gaps or forgets what wasn’t heard altogether, leading to swathes of information you don’t...
Small but Effective Ways to Regain Your Focus
Something we could all use a little more of is focus – whether it’s for work, a hobby, or even watching TV before bed, how many times do you pick up your phone or tablet to see what’s going on there instead? With so many distractions out and about, it only makes...
Hearing Loss & Alzheimer’s: Six Steps to Lower Your Risk
Alzheimer’s disease, the seventh leading cause of death in the US, affects more than six million Americans nationwide. While several factors that can influence your risk of Alzheimer’s, including your age, genetics, gender, and more, cannot be changed, there are...
How to Be Heard When You Don’t Have a Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can affect anyone, regardless of their age or circumstances, but sometimes, your hearing test will come back with zero loss detected. For those who went to get their hearing tested to monitor future changes, this can be a good sign of stable hearing....
Cognitive Fitness: How HIIT and Interval Training Can Work Out Your Brain
According to a new study from July 2024, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to provide better benefits to your brain’s health than less vigorous routines. While exercise like yoga, swimming, and other methods of sporting can bring great benefits...
Music as Medicine: How Music Can Be Therapeutic
What’s your favorite song? I can think of a few off the top of my head, but I listen to different songs for different moods: specific albums for when I feel happy, when I need to work some anger or sadness out, and even a few tunes for dancing when the time is...