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	<title>Health and Hearing Loss &#187; hearing aids</title>
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		<title>Hearing Muscles Need Exercise Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljcp01</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time and again we’ve heard about the importance of exercise, and yet most of us are not very good at keeping it. We keep putting it off. We don’t want to do it. We wake up in the morning tired and continued to lay in bed. We don’t want to get up and exercise and worse to get up early. This procrastination can be likened to those people who have hearing loss who knows it should be checked out but just keeps putting it off. Are there consequences? Similar to exercise, consequences can Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Time and again we’ve heard about the importance of exercise, and yet most of us are not very good at keeping it. We keep putting it off. We don’t want to do it. We wake up in the morning tired and continued to lay in bed. We don’t want to get up and exercise and worse to get up early.

This procrastination can be likened to those people who have hearing loss who knows it should be checked out but just keeps putting it off.

Are there consequences?

Similar to exercise, consequences can <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/hearing-muscles-need-exercise-too/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Programming your Hearing Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljcp01</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s advanced world, hearing aids offer advanced features designed to provide the most natural, personal and comfortable listening experience possible. Proper hearing aid programming requires a certain level of expertise and was only be attempted by a licensed hearing professional. But now, a lot of the hearing aids available in the market already offer personal programming. These digital hearing aids can be connected to the computer where one is capable of adjusting frequencies and compression Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In today’s advanced world, hearing aids offer advanced features designed to provide the most natural, personal and comfortable listening experience possible. Proper hearing aid programming requires a certain level of expertise and was only be attempted by a licensed hearing professional.

But now, a lot of the hearing aids available in the market already offer personal programming. These digital hearing aids can be connected to the computer where one is capable of adjusting frequencies and compression <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/programming-your-hearing-aid/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hearing exercise means stimulating the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljcp01</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hearing Aids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear in our brain that is why when doing hearing exercise it means constantly stimulating the brain. When hearing loss is not treated it is not the cochlea, or the hearing organ that get’s damaged. What happens is auditory deprivation meaning the part of the brain that needs to be exercised is not reached. What is affected is the brain’s ability to hear and separate and distinguish between sounds. But the brain is a super organ that has incredible plasticity. It can be retrained to listen Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We hear in our brain that is why when doing hearing exercise it means constantly stimulating the brain. When hearing loss is not treated it is not the cochlea, or the hearing organ that get’s damaged.
What happens is auditory deprivation meaning the part of the brain that needs to be exercised is not reached. What is affected is the brain’s ability to hear and separate and distinguish between sounds.
But the brain is a super organ that has incredible plasticity. It can be retrained to listen <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/hearing-exercise-means-stimulating-the-brain/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What are the risks of not correcting a hearing loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljcp01</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hearing Aids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any organ in the body becomes weak when it is not being used.  Since we now know that hearing is housed inside our brain, it stands to reason that depriving that part of the brain from auditory stimulation is not healthy for it. &#160; We must stimulate our part of the brain that does our hearing for us, and keep it active and processing sound all the time so it never sits unused.  However, when you have a hearing loss, this is essentially what you are letting happen. &#160; A muscle Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Any organ in the body becomes weak when it is not being used.  Since we now know that hearing is housed inside our brain, it stands to reason that depriving that part of the brain from auditory stimulation is not healthy for it.

&nbsp;

We must stimulate our part of the brain that does our hearing for us, and keep it active and processing sound all the time so it never sits unused.  However, when you have a hearing loss, this is essentially what you are letting happen.

&nbsp;

A muscle <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/what-are-the-risks-of-not-correcting-a-hearing-loss/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Affordable Hearing Aids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ljcp01</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hearing Aids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of hearing aids is a huge barrier for millions of people who want to experience better hearing. If you or a loved one are looking for a cheaper solution to hearing aids than the industry standard of up to $7000, you need to look into the Hearing For Life program. Find out how you can get affordable hearing aids by clicking that link. There is also a great article on the lower half of the page that answers the question I hear time and again, "Why are hearing aids so expensive?" Check Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The cost of hearing aids is a huge barrier for millions of people who want to experience better hearing.

If you or a loved one are looking for a cheaper solution to hearing aids than the industry standard of up to $7000, you need to look into the Hearing For Life program.

Find out how you can get affordable hearing aids by clicking that link. There is also a great article on the lower half of the page that answers the question I hear time and again, "Why are hearing aids so expensive?"

Check <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/affordable-hearing-aids/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hearing Aid Group Benefit Plan Announced for Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/hearing-aid-group-benefit-plan-announced-for-texas/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hearing-aid-group-benefit-plan-announced-for-texas</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employers, Associations, and groups of ten or more are being alerted to the new “Hearing Aid Benefit” plan being offered by Hearing Haven LLC in Texas. This program allows organizations to offer their members hearing aid coverage.  There is no up-front investment to join. Persons who wish to hear more clearly in certain situations and improve communication challenges by the use of digital hearing aids are able to do so by joining the plan, which allows adding hearing instruments to a benefit Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Employers, Associations, and groups of ten or more are being alerted to the new “Hearing Aid Benefit” plan being offered by Hearing Haven LLC in Texas. This program allows organizations to offer their members hearing aid coverage.  There is no up-front investment to join.
Persons who wish to hear more clearly in certain situations and improve communication challenges by the use of digital hearing aids are able to do so by joining the plan, which allows adding hearing instruments to a benefit <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/hearing-aid-group-benefit-plan-announced-for-texas/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hearing Aid Brands and Pricing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, someone pointed out the fact that I never did a listing of specific brands of hearing aids that were the same or almost the same, as I referred to in the last letter. So here it is, even though I will be sticking my neck out on the line! This is a portion of a response that I sent by email to a newsletter subscriber, mentioning specific brands and pricing comparisons: “There are a lot of good brands, and some are better than others, but because of competition, most of the "respected" Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recently, someone pointed out the fact that I never did a listing of specific brands of hearing aids that were the same or almost the same, as I referred to in the last letter.

So here it is, even though I will be sticking my neck out on the line! This is a portion of a response that I sent by email to a newsletter subscriber, mentioning specific brands and pricing comparisons:

“There are a lot of good brands, and some are better than others, but because of competition, most of the "respected" <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/hearing-aid-brands-and-pricing/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ten Steps to Stop Hearing Loss from Ruining Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hearing is one of the most important senses that we have.  Someone once asked Helen Keller: "If you had a choice between having your hearing back, and having your eyesight back, which would you choose"?  Helen Keller didn't even hesitate.  She said she'd take her hearing. Our sense of hearing greatly affects our quality of life.  It is part of sharing with the people we love, and a big part of successful relationships. I remember my father coming home very discouraged from work one day. Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hearing is one of the most important senses that we have.  Someone once asked Helen Keller:

"If you had a choice between having your hearing back, and having your eyesight back, which would you choose"?  Helen Keller didn't even hesitate.  She said she'd take her hearing.

Our sense of hearing greatly affects our quality of life.  It is part of sharing with the people we love, and a big part of successful relationships.

I remember my father coming home very discouraged from work one day. <a href="http://www.healthandhearingloss.com/ten-steps-to-stop-hearing-loss-from-ruining-your-life/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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