Myth: Hearing aids perfectly restore your hearing back to normal, much like your eyeglass prescription restores vision to 20/20. Fact: Hearing aids are not a cure for hearing loss, as they are unable to fully restore your hearing to normal. However, hearing aids do a fanastic...
Spring can be such a beautiful, hopeful, time of year. Not only do you hear birdsong every sunny morning, but you hear the neighborhood children out playing after a long winter spent indoors, the warm breeze ruffling through the grass, the buzzing of the bees, and a...
What is APD? For some individuals, hearing difficulties can go beyond the loss of acuity at certain pitches. In fact, some individuals with "normal hearing" results on our traditional hearing test can still exhibit significant struggle hearing in their everyday life. Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) was...
As you finish up (or start!) your annual spring cleaning chores, consider taking care of your ears at the same time! Spring cleaning is the time to start with a clean slate; if you have a hearing aid, its a good time to call your...
Batteries seem pretty straight forward to the functioning of a hearing aid: you put a new one in, the hearing aid works. When the hearing aid is not working, first thought is that it needs a new battery. Most people don't think of hearing aid...
The routine usage of acetaminophen and ibuprofen has recently been linked to permanent hearing damage. A large scale research of 64,000 women found that women who used Ibuprofen 6+ days a week had an increase in risk for hearing loss of 24%, while those who...
Smoking has been associated with many negative health effects, and one of the lesser known side effects of nicotine is hearing loss. Smokers are nearly 70% more likely to suffer from hearing loss than non-smokers, and exposure to second hand smoke doubles the risk of...
Your little blue pills may have some side effects you didn't expect. One of these side effects may include rapid, sudden hearing loss. Viagra (and other similar performance enhancing drugs) have been linked to 47 cases of rapid, sudden hearing loss in a UK study (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lary.21450/abstract)...
May is better hearing and Speech Month. FREE demos at all locations. Call today! Our Audiologists are on a mission to provide the very best in hearing with our Bluetooth/iPod offer. Trial a hearing device, stay connected and enjoy significant savings on our best hearing devices...
A Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) is a medically implanted hearing aid based on the principles of bone conduction. Using vibrations of the skull, the hearing aid (which is implanted directly into the skull) sends the signal to the hearing organs (cochlea). It is primarily used...