For decades, the only way to get a hearing aid was to visit a doctor and have one prescribed for you—probably in a strip mall office advertised on the marquee only with “HEARING AIDS” in block letters ...

Hearing aids are a medical necessity for millions of Americans. "7.1% of the population aged 45 and over used a hearing aid," according to the CDC. That figure is higher for men (8.9%) than women (5.4 ...

Moisture and debris can wreak havoc on these delicate devices. Here's how to keep yours clean, dry, and functioning. Hearing ...

Photo: Lyle Kahney/Cult of Mac AirPods can work surprisingly well as hearing aids. Thanks to Transparency mode, AirPods Pro will boost the sound of your environment around you. They can give you ...

People with mild to moderate hearing loss can now obtain medical-grade hearing aids without a prescription or a specialist’s help, slashing the cost by hundreds or thousands of dollars. A new Food and ...

Apple's AirPods are more than a way to get your favorite music as close to your eardrums as possible, now they're hearing aids, too. Announced in September, the devices' new Hearing Aid mode provides ...

Adulthood brings many changes to our relationships -- few more so than our relationship with our parents. As older adults face the physical and mental challenges of aging, many new questions arise for ...

It’s critical to recognize the signs, experts say. By Jancee Dunn Hearing loss can sneak up on us — so gradually that many of us don’t notice the change. You might think: Wow, was that restaurant ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a New York City-based magazine and book writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Women’s Health, Health, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, Prevention, ...

As anyone who’s ever stuck a cotton swab in there knows, your ear canal is a filthy, disgusting place. If you’re wearing hearing aids for hours a day, there’s no way to avoid the fact that they, too, ...

Having trouble catching dialogue in TV shows? Here's how to use settings, headphones, and specialized devices to enhance the audio. Hearing TV dialogue clearly can be an issue for people with a ...

Carley is a writer, editor and social media professional. Before starting at Forbes Health, she wrote for Sleepopolis and interned at PBS and Nickelodeon. She's a certified sleep science coach and ...