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, it’s no wonder that most people first find out they have hearing loss by
Nearly 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no external sound source exists. This phantom sound is frequently identified as a ringing sound, but can also manifest as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking. First it is important to know about tinnitus is that it’s a symptom, not
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most crucial part of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this concise guide, we’ll show you everything you need to know about
The World Health Organization reports that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, brought about by exposure to elevated sound levels from personal audio devices and noisy settings such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. An projected 26 million Americans already suffer from the condition. If noise-induced hearing loss
If we truly want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing increasingly challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. In conjunction, the two sides of hearing loss can wreak havoc on a person’s quality of life, as the
The LIAHP- (The Long Island Alliance of Hearing Preservation) launched its 2015 Hearing Loss Seminar series at the South Huntington Library on May 14 where sufferers and info seekers attended to get firsthand understanding and options about their hearing loss. In every event, this educational outreach group provides awareness about hearing loss and disorders, free screening, treatment
Many people are surprised to discover how young the discipline of audiology really is, and just how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wished to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in time by 2,300 years and read through the
When it’s time to buy a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We do some research, compare options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We work on this so that by the time we’re set to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re looking
You’ve probably heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes modern technology so much better? And what exactly can modern day hearing aids accomplish that couldn’t
At times, it seems as if we prefer to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry titled “List of common misconceptions” that contains hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the web page and you’ll see around 385 credible sources cited. For example, did
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 precise attributes of your hearing loss, but to you
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 who denies there is even a problem,