This morning while having my coffee on the porch ( the best ritual of the day) , I closed my eyes and just listened to all the sounds around me. Usually it’s filled with the drone of car engines accelerating to make it up the hill in front of our house, one after another in…
Here we are, back to school already. What happened to summer? Same thing as last year, it flew by in a flurry of beach fun, concerts in the park and lots of yard work. One thing is for sure, you have a long list of B2S supplies and paperwork for the erstwhile students before they…
Here’s an interesting statistic, over 35 million people in the US suffer hearing loss of some kind and would benefit from hearing aids. Yet only 3.6 million hearing aids have actually been dispensed. That’s a huge disparity, and no doubt many reasons for that such as, finances, healthcare, stubbornness (really) and the lack of education…
How many times have you heard your mother shout at your father, “You aren’t listening!”. It’s usually followed by your father’s blithe response of “What?”, which can barely be heard over the blaring volume of a TV so loud the neighbors can hear. This back and forth goes on all day, until you’re ready to…
A big part of our culture has evolved into focusing on health and fitness. Actually, the Boston Medical Center indicates that approximately 45 million Americans diet each year and spend $33 billion on weight-loss products in their pursuit of a trimmer, fitter body. But something most people don’t think about focusing on when pursuing a…
How could hearing protection and the environment go hand in hand? Seems unlikely, but they are more closely related than you may think! Let’s talk about the average high-noise workplace. At the average workplace, a worker will use and dispose of 4 pairs of disposable earplugs a day. At 15 cents per pair, this will…
