HEARING TIPS
When Should I Upgrade My Hearing Aids?
When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a typical question we hear from our patients, and the answer requires some thought. Although hearing aids typically have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are several scenarios in which you may desire to upgrade earlier....
10 Ways to Control Your Hearing Aids With the Apple Watch
By Joho345 (Own work) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons Just imagine being able to fine-tune the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and easily as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any hearing...
Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Treat Your Hearing Loss
We all put things off, regularly talking ourselves out of complex or uncomfortable chores in favor of something more enjoyable or fun. Distractions are all around as we tell ourselves that we will eventually get around to whatever we’re presently working hard to...
How Insects are Revolutionizing Hearing Aids
Present day hearing aids have come a long way; existing models are highly effective and feature impressive digital features, such as wireless connectivity, that markedly improve a person’s ability to hear along with their all-around quality of life. But there is still...
6 Ways Your Brain Transforms Sound Into Emotion
It has long been established that there are powerful connections between sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and preferences determine the type and intensity of emotional reaction we have to specific sounds. For example, research has...
6 Ways to Lose Your Hearing
The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t tend to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capacity to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to think about, for example, how much we enjoy a good conversation with a friend until we have to...
Why Choose a Local Hearing Care Provider?
The hearing healthcare marketplace has two barriers that prevent people from attaining better hearing: The inability to detect hearing loss in the first place (due to its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive remedy. Regrettably,...
The Right Way to Clean Your Ears
Blausen.com staff. "Blausen gallery 2014". That there is a right way to clean your ears suggests that there is a wrong way, and indeed, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is prevalent, and it violates the very first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert...
The Surprising Statistics Behind Occupational Hearing Loss
It’s typical to think of hearing loss as an inescapable problem connected with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s frequent use of iPods. But the numbers demonstrate that the bigger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at...
Finding Financial Assistance for Your Hearing Aids
The adage “you get what you pay for” is certainly true of hearing aids, and while the latest hearing aids are designed to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly inexpensive, either. Thankfully, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming more...
Risk Of Permanent Hearing Loss With Audio Devices Set At Unsafe High Volumes
The World Health Organization has recently released alarming statistics which have brought to light the troubling fact of how many individuals are at the risk of suffering from hearing loss, simply because of “unsafe recreational noises”. The news was released to the...
People With Untreated Hearing Loss May Be At An Increased Risk Of Depression
Depression is a disorder which affects around 350 million people on a global scale, according to the World Health Organization WHO. This mental condition is one of the leading causes of disability in the world, and is now being seen as a major contributor to the...
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