When I was young, I presumed I’d need glasses at some point (which I did), but I didn’t think I’d have the signs of hearing loss until well into old age. But – in my late forties – after struggling to ...

“Does your hearing loss hurt?” a friend once asked. I appreciated the question. It showed care and curiosity. The answer, though, is complicated. While I don’t usually feel physical pain from my ...

The author took an online hearing test, learned how important it is to test early, and tried out a hearing aid 23 September 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: A woman holds a hearing aid in front of ...

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Hearing loss is not something anyone really prepares for, even though it affects roughly 1 in 7 Americans, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America. That makes it twice as common as ...