For many people with hearing loss, the holidays can be especially challenging. While large family gatherings offer a great chance to catch up with friends and family, holiday parties can lead to challenging listening situations for you if you have a hearing loss.

For you as a hearing aid user (as well as your friends and family, for that matter) you need to take really good care of your ears when you are out celebrating New Year.You cover your eyes with safety glasses when setting off or looking at fireworks. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to also protect your ears?

You know that hearing aids help you hear better – but did you know that they may also help you balance better?

Do you love talk radio, but wish that the hosts would talk less about themselves and more about what you want to hear? Maybe you are sick of the commercials or looking to hear about more specific topics. The solution is simple: turn off the radio and turn on a Podcast.

Unlike the common perception, hearing loss is not a matter of life getting the volume turned down across the board. Every hearing loss is individual. But why is that?

In our most recent blog post we talked about the fear of hearing loss. And about the way technology is changing what we expect from hearing aids. This time, continuing in the same vein, we want to talk about streaming.

For most people, thinking about the subject of hearing loss is somewhat unpleasant. A reason for this may be that we generally don’t like to think about losing an ability we’ve taken for granted all our lives. For most of us, this is a scary and unpleasant thought.

Most people think about hearing aids as devices that work by simply amplifying sounds –  like turning up the volume on your stereo. In reality, the job of a hearing aid is slightly more complicated.

They say, “you are what you eat” and studies have shown that this applies to hearing loss as well. Here are four summer friendly sippers with key ear-friendly nutrients. You need a blender or a juicer and then you’re all set.

Tinnitus is one of the most misunderstood conditions within the domain of hearing and hearing loss. When it comes to tinnitus, abundant myths and misconceptions are the first obstacles that the afflicted person must tackle.

Discount hearing aids purchased online or in warehouse retailers look mighty attractive to some customers - but these "discounts" can be costly in the long run.

Captain Stefan G. Rasmussen earned a lot of publicity when he saved 129 passengers by making an emergency landing in 1991.

A technology developed by researchers in the United Kingdom uses a shape-finding algorithm to identify people via an unlikely source: Their ears.

Hearing loss affects all aspects of life. If you factor in what untreated hearing loss does to employment, you have a situation that is extremely expensive to society, both globally and nationally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it amounts to a loss of approximately 750 billion dollars a year.

A New York-based audiologist is on mission: To help kids with hearing losses learn more about how their ears work and how they can better understand the world around them. Her weapon? A bedtime story.

Gray hair. Wrinkles. Poor eyesight. Age certainly affects how our bodies function – and your ears are no exception.

Hearing aid user Hayleigh Scott used her own hearing loss as inspiration to start an online business featuring hearing aid charms and tube decorations.

A new cell phone attachment allows doctors to diagnose ear infections without touching a patient's ear.

Getting the attention of children with hearing loss will soon be easy thanks to a bracelet that sends a wireless signal to them from a nearby cell phone.

Why are my ears ringing? What is the cause of that buzzing sound in my ears? My ears won’t stop whooshing – what is wrong with me?

Did cavemen hear better than we do today?

In the past, a windy day meant a day without hearing aids for many people. But thanks to Widex technology, wind doesn’t have to be a big issue for hearing aid users. It’s all thanks to the Widex Wind Noise Attenuation System Here’s what you need to know.

“When you buy a hearing aid today you aren’t just buying something that makes you hear, you are buying a device that helps you connect to both the virtual world and the real world,” says Audiological Affairs Specialist Oliver Townend. “You can now stream sound from the gadgets you use every day right into your ears through your hearing aids.”

Hearing professionals are working to change the lives of people with hearing loss every day. Here's one of our favorite success stories.

Here are some tips for people with hearing loss to better enjoy holiday gatherings.

So your new hearing aids are working great – but after a few weeks they start to look a little worn. What’s the best way to clean your hearing aids without damaging them?  We’ll let you know in this handy guide.

Hearing aids are a big help for phone conversations, since it can be harder to hear when you can’t see the other person´s lips moving.

Hearing isn’t just about your ears – your brain plays a big part in how you process and understand sound. Dr. Timothy Steele of Associated Audiologists explains the connection between hearing and understanding and how hearing aids can play a crucial role in this process for many people.

Have you ever felt hard of hearing after a night at a concert? Do you have hearing loss after years of working in a noisy environment? Did a sudden loud noise make you lose your ability to hear out of one or two ears? If so, you may have Noise-induced hearing loss.

It's no secret that listening to loud music over longer periods of time can cause noise-induced hearing loss – but how loud is too loud?

Zika virus and hearing loss in infants could be linked, according to new research released by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Due to sensorineural hearing loss, Kai struggled for several years to hear what was said in class and on the playground – his hearing aids changed that. We spoke with 6-year-old Kai and his mother, Chevone, about how Widex hearing aids have helped him overcome challenges, make friends, and excel in school.

Welcome to the silent room. It is a room so silent that sounds are below the hearing threshold of the human ear. When the door shuts you can hear the blood rushing through your ears and your stomach digesting your breakfast. Some people find the lack of sound dizzying, while others find it meditative.

It’s important to keep your hearing aids dry - and after a long day the best way to clean them is with WIDEX DRY-GO UV.

A newborn hearing loss diagnosis was devastating for Sadie’s parents – but after she was given hearing aids at 6-weeks-old things got a lot brighter.

While phones for hearing impaired people have been around for many years, devices for hearing aid compatible cell phones have only recently hit the market. There’s also a device that will help improve hearing by streaming sound from almost any cell phone directly into your hearing aids. It’s called CALL-DEX from Widex and it’s changing how people with hearing loss use their phones.

Comfortable hearing aids are just as important as great sounding ones.

The human hearing range is a description of the pitches and loudness levels a person can hear before feeling discomfort.

A hearing aid contains many small components. In the Widex Quality department, a team works hard to check that all these tiny parts areworking as they should.

Tinnitus is probably causing that ringing or buzzing in your ear that doesn’t seem to go away. Maybe your doctor told you that tinnitus can’t be helped – that you’ll just have to deal with it?

Your hearing aids are designed to meet the needs of many listening situations. Whether you are trying to hear someone whisper  or trying NOT to hear your grandson’s screaming, your hearing aids are designed to accommodate the most challenging listening needs – often automatically and sometimes via manual controls.

Musicians are more likely to have hearing loss than their non-musical counterparts. The bang of the drums, the blare of a loudspeaker, and the thump of the bass are all triggers for noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus.

It’s a big task to create a tiny behind-the-ear hearing aid. This member of the Widex family of hearing aids is no exception.

Did you know that your hearing aids have an antenna? Sort of.

How can you hear what someone is saying at a crowded party – even when they are halfway across the room? It’s all about the cocktail party effect.

The best way to make sure that a hearing aid sounds good is to test it… and test it … and test it … and test it … thousands of times. But whose job is it to create and test the sound that comes out of your hearing aids – and how is it done?

Hearing aids come in many shapes and sizes – and so do the ears of those who wear them. So how do hearing professionals make sure that your hearing aids fit your ears? It’s a combination of two things: comfort and sound.

If you wear a behind-the-ear hearing aid (BTE), you also have an earmould or an ear tip. Earmoulds for behind-the-ear hearing aids are essential parts of hearing aids. The design of these will greatly affect your comfort, because the sound that your hearing aid reproduces is influenced by the shape of these moulds.

Will hearing aids feel weird in my ears? Will people notice that I have hearing aids behind my ears? Will I get annoyed wearing hearing aids all day long? What will my voice sound like when I’m wearing hearing aids?

Where are hearing aids made? Where do they come up with the ideas for hearing technology? There are big things happening in a small country in Europe…

Tinnitus can be exasperating - that irritating noise just won’t go away! Many people find relaxation exercises are helpful. Here are a few you can try at home.

Stream calls directly from your mobile device to your hearing aids with Widex’s CALL-DEX, which simply inserts into the jack plug of your phone.