by Island Better Hearing | Oct 15, 2015 | Hearing Test Info
In the United States, about 37.5 million adults have some level of hearing loss. Yet according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), merely 20 percent of those who could reap the benefits of hearing aids actually use them. That suggests that millions of...
by Island Better Hearing | Jun 25, 2015 | Hearing Test Info
More often than not, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It forms so gradually that it’s often undetectable, and moreover, most family physicians do not regularly test for hearing loss at the yearly physical examination. Considering these two realities,...
by Island Better Hearing | Apr 19, 2015 | Hearing Test Info
You have just concluded your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a graph, like the one above, except that it has all of these signs, colors, and lines. This is supposed to demonstrate to you the exact, mathematically...
by Island Better Hearing | Apr 12, 2015 | Hearing Test Info
We don’t need to tell you the signs of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a completely different type of challenge: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing assessed and treated. But how are you expected to get through to someone...
