Your little blue pills may have some side effects you didn't expect. One of these side effects may include rapid, sudden hearing loss. Viagra (and other similar performance enhancing drugs) have been linked to 47 cases of rapid, sudden hearing loss in a UK study (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lary.21450/abstract)...
Yesterday we were talking about causes of hearing loss. Here are some more causes of hearing loss. Congenital Hearing Loss: Hearing loss can be present at birth and can be genetic or can be caused by other factors such as maternal infections, low birth weight, prematurity, lack...
Hearing loss is not just for seniors and individuals of all ages have hearing loss. There are 3 types of hearing loss: 1) Conductive, Sensorineural & Mixed hearing loss. Here is a quick description of some common causes of hearing loss. Hearing loss can occur...
Hearing loss affects 1 in 10 of Canadians of all ages. Hearing loss is not just for seniors. Hearing loss affects 1 out of 6 Baby Boomers (ages 42-60) and 1 out of 14 Gen-Xers (age 30-41); this is a significant portion of the active workforce. More...
Many of us take our ability to communicate for granted. Yet, our ability to hear and be heard is vital in our everyday lives. This annual event provides opportunities to raise awareness about hearing loss and communication disorders and to promote treatment that can improve...
Some individuals with hearing loss need more than just hearing aids. While hearing aids can improve communication in many environments sometimes hearing aids alone are not enough! There are devices designed to help hearing impaired individuals throughout the day. Wake Up: Vibrating and/or flashing alarm clock Phone...
Zen was designed to provide relief for those with tinnitus. Zen is a feature present in Widex hearing aids that can be activated for individuals with tinnitus. Zen makes tinnitus less noticeable by producing zen tones which are either chime-like or white noise. Your audiologist...
Widex has a range of wireless accessories to help in many challenging listening environments. Remote: control over volume and program adjustments (left) TV device: streams audio from the television to hearing aids (center) Bluetooth remote: enables pairing of cell phone and hearing aids for phone conversations, can be used...
Widex recently launched a new hearing aid - WIDEX DREAM. This new hearing aid enables you to hear in greater detail all the sounds in your environment. One great new feature of this hearing aid is MY.WIDEX.COM. This website is set up for you and can provide you...
