Custom Hearing Solutions - Invest in a Fire Alarm System Designed for People with Hearing Loss

Invest in a Fire Alarm System Designed for People with Hearing Loss

Many people think hearing loss isn’t that big of a deal, and being hard of hearing is just an inconvenience. But hearing loss is far more than having difficulty following conversations, or needing to turn up the volume on the TV. Living with untreated hearing loss affects your life in many ways, and can be a real safety hazard. The …

Custom Hearing Solutions - Great Things to Hear This Holiday Season in Omaha

Great Things to Hear This Holiday Season in Omaha

At Custom Hearing Solutions, our team is dedicated to helping you and your loved ones reconnect through hearing. And what better time to reconnect than the holiday season? Here in Omaha, we’re got a number of exciting coming up in the month of December, with plenty of awesome things to hear. Here are a few of our picks. Santa’s Magic, …

Brain Training Could Help Prevent Hearing Loss

Brain Training Could Help Prevent Hearing Loss

What are video games good for? We know they can help us organize candy, defeat space invaders, and collect an absurd amount of (virtual) gold, jewels and Pokemon. Beyond the fun stuff though, the role of games as tools has been steadily expanding – and now, they may also be able to help us train our brains to hear better.“Gamified” …

Are Sports Fans at Risk for Hearing Loss?

Are Sports Fans at Risk for Hearing Loss?

Packing people into a stadium to cheer on their favorite sports team might sound like the makings of a perfect activity, but there is a hidden danger to such a wholesome pastime. An afternoon spent rooting for the home team raises red flags around hearing health. A lively and raucous crowd of cheering fans at the average NFL game can …

How Smoking & Drinking May Affect Hearing

How Smoking & Drinking May Affect Hearing

For years you’ve been hearing that smoking and drinking are bad for your health. Both these activities can lead to some seriously negative health outcomes. Smoking has been linked to cancer and lung diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis, while heavy drinking puts you at risk for heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure, as well as damaging your liver ...
Protect Your Mental Health by Treating Your Hearing Loss

Protect Your Mental Health by Treating Your Hearing Loss

About 20% of Americans report some degree of hearing loss. That’s one fifth of the population. With a condition so prevalent, it stands to reason that systems would be readily in place to make communication easier for those affected by hearing loss. Unfortunately, that isn’t often the case as hearing loss still carries a silent stigma. People with hearing loss ...
Hearing Loss Could Restrict Mobility & Quality of Life

Hearing Loss Could Restrict Mobility & Quality of Life

When you have hearing loss, invisible limitations can take root in your daily life and greatly affect how you live. Now, a recent study coming out of Finland is highlighting just what some of those limits are. The Finnish findings demonstrate strikingly that hearing loss often limits the boundaries of how people structure their lives and the freedom they have ...