How’s Your Hearing?
October is National Audiology Awareness and National Protect Your Hearing Month We all know how important our hearing is to our everyday lives, but many people are not fully aware of the many ways in which their hearing can be affected. Hearing loss can be caused by trauma, excess noise, disease, certain medications or injuries. Once your hearing is damaged it usually cannot be restored, so protecting your hearing is very important. Approximately 15 percent of people in the U