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Join host Wendy, researcher and journalist, as she chats with co-host Mike about the research around the health effects of leaving hearing loss untreated. Some pretty surprising stuff. If you’re interested in all the research and its sources, visit the Hear Well Be Well website.

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the dreaded category of dementia is on lots of people’s minds. It is well known there is a relationship between hearing loss and the risk of development of dementia. Newly released research may shed some light on the connection with the discovery of physical changes to brain cells in […]

In this special extended edition of Life Sounds Good, hosts Wendy and Mike chat with Jenni Ahtianen, the creative force behind DeafMetal, jewelry for hearing devices. This award-winning company whose home is in Finland, has shown folks that having hearing devices or cochlear implants doesn’t have to be boring.

Roger and Nina from Bolton Ontario Canada share their thoughts and experiences around how hearing aids changed their lives and the difference hearing aids made to Roger living with Lewy Body Dementia.

Today we talk with Elliot Tiede a hearing instrument specialist, and Nancy Robinson a customer experience manager about what makes Hear Well Be Well different from other hearing clinics, and some of the barriers that people have to treating their hearing loss.

If you’ve been asking people to repeat themselves a lot or you keep getting told the music or TV is too loud, you may have hearing loss. You wouldn’t be alone. Statistics Canada estimates over 14 million Canadians, of all ages, have a measurable level of hearing loss. And when you move up into the […]

Millions of healthcare dollars are spent every year on treatment for dementia and seniors’ serious falls. With the recent evidence of the relationship between untreated hearing loss and these two major healthcare expenses, better government assistance for the purchase of hearing aids may reduce overall spending. According to Statistics Canada, over one-third of seniors hospitalized […]

Echoic memory storing music and sound memories may deteriorate with hearing loss Memories are created by all five senses – sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste – but the memories most solidly in the brain are those created by music. These memories, called “flashbulb” memories come back so intensely you can still discover details you […]

So many things about you are unique. Your voice, your fingerprints, your likes and dislikes. And your ears. Your ears are different than anyone else’s so you need hearing healthcare and hearing solutions as unique as you are. Custom fit hearing aids Some hearing aids are designed to be custom fit. To accomplish this, a […]

Remember that song you loved when you were in high school? The one that even now, when you hear the opening notes, you know it immediately, start to hum or sing along and you feel the joy, freedom, anxiety, love or whatever emotion was your high school state? That’s a memory based on sound. Memories […]

A growing body of global research ties untreated hearing loss to an increased risk of developing dementia. So much so that, in 2017, untreated hearing loss was added to the list of major, modifiable risk factors for dementia. Most people don’t think about untreated hearing loss as a ‘major’ risk factor for dementia. With research […]

Some of the top celebrities have hearing loss and learned hearing aids make a huge difference in their lives.