{"id":1571,"date":"2010-05-22T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.63.138.122\/~entsalem\/dev\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2010-05-22T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T17:00:56","slug":"may-national-better-hearing-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/may-national-better-hearing-month\/","title":{"rendered":"May is National Better Hearing Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hearing loss is the third most common health problems in the United States.<\/p>\n

Approximately 36 million Americans suffer from hearing loss.  More than half are younger than age 65 – according to American Academy of Audiology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"panelGirl\"Untreated hearing loss can affect your ability to understand speech and can negatively impact your social and emotional well-being — your quality of life!<\/p>\n

What can you do?<\/h3>\n
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  1. Get Tested<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Know the Signs<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Know the Causes.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Stop in for a hearing test or keep an eye out for our ad campaign in the Statesman Journal.<\/em>  We hope to be your resource should you ever become concerned about your or a family member’s hearing.<\/p>\n

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    Signs you may have a hearing loss:<\/h4>\n
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    • Difficulty hearing people talk in noisy environments such as a resturant, shopping mall, in a car, or at the movie theater<\/li>\n
    • People seem to “mumble” all the time<\/li>\n
    • Family, friends, or colleagues often have to repeat themselves when speaking to you<\/li>\n
    • Having trouble hearing people when they are not facing you or are in another room<\/li>\n
    • Having trouble following conversations<\/li>\n
    • Experiencing ringing, buzzing, or hissing sounds in your ears<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What causes hearing loss:<\/h4>\n
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      • Exposure to excessive noise<\/li>\n
      • Ear infections, trauma, or ear disease<\/li>\n
      • Harm of the inner ear and ear drum from contact with a foreign object (cotton swabs, fingers, bugs)<\/li>\n
      • Illness or certain medications<\/li>\n
      • Deteriorating hearing due to the normal aging process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Hearing loss is the third most common health problems in the United States. Approximately 36 million Americans suffer from hearing loss.  More than half are younger than age 65 – according to American Academy of Audiology. Untreated hearing loss can affect your ability to understand speech and can negatively impact your social and emotional well-being —…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entsalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}