As SC’s coronavirus numbers explode, the debate on masks takes center stage

As we are hearing and reading reports of significant increases in new cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina in the midst of a statewide “re-opening,” the debate over whether or not to wear a face mask has become even more important. With so many opinions about face masks and cloth face coverings, it may be hard to distinguish what is based on good science and what is fiction. Here are some of the things you may be hearing, and the medical information that contradicts these common “mask myths.”

An audiologist considers the value of hearing

We are living in an economic climate in which we find ourselves asking the basic question, “What’s it worth?” We assess the value and necessity of things and forego those things that we can do without.

In my profession, the question of worth comes up often in thought if not in words.  “What’s my hearing worth?”