Maria Menconi In a visit to a doctor’s office recently, I saw a startling poster on the wall. It was entitled “Untreated Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease”. I was shocked to see the symptom similarities between the two. For example, symptoms of an untreated hearing loss include depression, anxiety, and feelings of isolation, while symptoms…
Tag: Hearing Vibes
Clubs & Classes, November 2019
Hearing Vibes – Coming soon! SaddleBrooke’s first Hearing Night Out!
Maria Menconi Many SaddleBrooke residents have joined us in the past year for our peer discussion group for better hearing, which meets the second Thursday of every month at MountainView. We are delighted and excited to have met so many of you, and now we are bringing you SaddleBrooke’s first Hearing Night Out. Please mark…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Hearing Vibes
Both hearing impaired: a couple’s journey Walt and Tiggy Shields and Maria Menconi Hearing loss brings dramatic change to life, and our journey has been forged together. Following years of tinnitus (ringing in the ears), Tiggy realized she was struggling with her hearing. Four years after arriving in SaddleBrooke, she decided to take a hearing…
Clubs and Classes, July 2019
Hearing Vibes
Treating hearing loss improves more than just your hearing The Peer Discussion Group for Better Hearing continues to meet monthly and discuss many topics related to hearing loss. Often, we are joined by clinicians from the University of Arizona Hearing Clinic or other experts in the field of Hearing Loss. Every meeting we realize how…