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When the Sounds Don't Stop: Tinnitus Guide for Hunters and Shooters

When the Sounds Don't Stop: Tinnitus Guide for ...

Grace Sturdivant

Have you ever experienced a moment of silence after a shot that wasn't quite right? Often it passes. Then at some point, it lingers — a ringing, a hiss, or...

When the Sounds Don't Stop: Tinnitus Guide for ...

Grace Sturdivant

Have you ever experienced a moment of silence after a shot that wasn't quite right? Often it passes. Then at some point, it lingers — a ringing, a hiss, or...

Different Numbers, Different NRRs. What Do Noise Ratings Actually Tell You?

Different Numbers, Different NRRs. What Do Nois...

Grace Sturdivant

Most people select hearing protection based on the NRR on the package. But if you're a hunter or shooter, that number may be telling you very little about the protection...

Different Numbers, Different NRRs. What Do Nois...

Grace Sturdivant

Most people select hearing protection based on the NRR on the package. But if you're a hunter or shooter, that number may be telling you very little about the protection...

Are Suppressors Enough to Protect Your Hearing?

Are Suppressors Enough to Protect Your Hearing?

Grace Sturdivant

Suppressors reduce noise — but are they enough to protect your hearing? OtoPro founder Grace Sturdivant explores the science and explains why additional hearing protection is still essential for every...

Are Suppressors Enough to Protect Your Hearing?

Grace Sturdivant

Suppressors reduce noise — but are they enough to protect your hearing? OtoPro founder Grace Sturdivant explores the science and explains why additional hearing protection is still essential for every...

Protecting Dentists' Ears: Understanding Hearing Health in the Dental Industry

Protecting Dentists' Ears: Understanding Hearin...

Grace Sturdivant

Dental professionals face significant hearing loss risk from drills and handpiece noise. Learn how the right hearing protection can safeguard your hearing for a full career.

Protecting Dentists' Ears: Understanding Hearin...

Grace Sturdivant

Dental professionals face significant hearing loss risk from drills and handpiece noise. Learn how the right hearing protection can safeguard your hearing for a full career.

The Buzz About Tinnitus

The Buzz About Tinnitus

Grace Sturdivant

In this Q&A, originally published in Porch + Prairie Magazine, Dr. Grace Gore Sturdivant of OtoPro Technologies breaks down what tinnitus is, why it happens, and what you can do...

The Buzz About Tinnitus

Grace Sturdivant

In this Q&A, originally published in Porch + Prairie Magazine, Dr. Grace Gore Sturdivant of OtoPro Technologies breaks down what tinnitus is, why it happens, and what you can do...

Conserve Your Hearing Before It's Too Late

Conserve Your Hearing Before It's Too Late

Grace Sturdivant

Noise-induced hearing loss is the most preventable form of hearing loss — and among hunters and shooters, it is also one of the most common. A single unsuppressed gunshot can...

Conserve Your Hearing Before It's Too Late

Grace Sturdivant

Noise-induced hearing loss is the most preventable form of hearing loss — and among hunters and shooters, it is also one of the most common. A single unsuppressed gunshot can...

The Connection Between Hearing Loss and Dementia

The Connection Between Hearing Loss and Dementia

Grace Sturdivant

Research now consistently identifies untreated hearing loss as one of the most significant modifiable risk factors for dementia — a finding that has changed how clinicians, researchers, and patients think...

The Connection Between Hearing Loss and Dementia

Grace Sturdivant

Research now consistently identifies untreated hearing loss as one of the most significant modifiable risk factors for dementia — a finding that has changed how clinicians, researchers, and patients think...

Cognitive Decline and Hearing Loss: What Audiologists Need to Know

Cognitive Decline and Hearing Loss: What Audiol...

Grace Sturdivant

Untreated hearing loss is now recognized as the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia — a finding that has shifted how audiologists, neurologists, and primary care physicians approach routine...

Cognitive Decline and Hearing Loss: What Audiol...

Grace Sturdivant

Untreated hearing loss is now recognized as the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia — a finding that has shifted how audiologists, neurologists, and primary care physicians approach routine...