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The Hearing Services Program (HSP) is an Australian government scheme that provides significant subsidies for pensioners and other applicable individuals to cover the cost of hearing aids and other hearing services. If you are a senior individual looking to get a pair of hearing aids, you may be able to get the costs subsidised with…
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Results are out this week for a major collaborative study called the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE). The research took place over multiple sites over three years. The aim was to investigate the cognitive health in older adults at risk of cognitive decline. The study’s participants were carefully selected based on their…
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I was watching the Coronation of King Charles 3rd at Westminster Abbey this evening. I noticed that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby who placed the Crown on the new King was wearing a stylish pair of receiver in the canal style hearing aids. You do want to hear your best with style when talking with…
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Presbycusis (from Greek presbys “old” + akousis “hearing”), or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. Age-related hearing loss is the gradual loss of hearing in both ears and statistically one in three adults over age 65 has hearing loss. Because of the gradual change in hearing, some people are not aware of the change at…
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