Most of you probably didn't know that there was such a thing as Better Hearing Month. Some of you might be thinking; "wow there's a month for everything" I think that's true. Most things have "months" that they use to draw awareness to a topic. I believe this month is also Veteran Appreciation Month.
Because this is Better Hearing Month, I'd like everyone to focus on their hearing health for a minute.
Do you are someone you know:
- Work around loud noise?
- Play in a band?
- Wear headphones to listen to music?
- Use firearms?
- Have difficulty with background noise?
- Have ringing in the ears that is causing problems?
- Turn the TV up too loud?
- Have trouble with hearing on the phone?
- Have been told that you need hearing devices, but have not done anything about it?
If you've answered yes to any of these questions go see an audiologist and talk to them about things that can be done to protect your hearing or improve your hearing. There are simple, relatively inexpensive things that can be done to protect your hearing. If you need hearing devices, the technology in the last year is so much better than previous technology. There is almost always something that can be done to help. The bottom line is: the more we protect our hearing the longer it lasts and when our hearing acuity changes, the sooner we do something about it the better hearing devices work.
So hear's wishing each of you "Better Hearing"
Dr. Scott Marquardt
