This April, we will be focusing on sound, and how sound can play an important part in our lives. Sound can elicit emotion and memory, and everyone has a favourite sound. We asked each of our staff members to describe their favourite sound this month!...
Our president, Nona, and Serena Graham-Dwyer volunteered at this year's Laing House Masquerade Ball. This year $175,000 was raised for youth living with mental illness. ...
Looking after your hearing health is now even more convenient. We’ve opened our 5th Metro location just off Spring Garden Road, in Garden Park Terrace at 1464 Martello Street, just down from Smitty’s. This truly is our flagship facility, with both Nona Fuller and Sarah Williams...
Thanks to the baby boomers, hearing aids have taken a new and exciting path of development. Today’s hearing aids are designed to meet the needs of the largest group of all time - the technologically savvy, health conscious baby boomers. For example, never before has...
Jim's Perspective: At the ripe young age of 63, I have begun hearing properly. For the first time in a decade, I can take part in conversations or go to the theatre and symphony without missing a large part of what is being said or played....
Training in the Canadian Forces in the early 1960s, exposed me to high levels of noise on a daily basis including firing rifles and throwing hand grenades on the military ranges. Standing next to very large Artillery Pieces was a new experience for an east...
I am a 44 year old man who has been wearing hearing aids since I was 6 years old. I started out with two body aids which required wearing a leather chest harness to house the hearing aids with wires going from the boxes to...
Day in and day out we identify hard-of-hearing people of all ages who would rather continue to second guess what they hear or what someone has said then wear a hearing aid. Why do they choose not to hear the punch line of a joke,...
From the moment I first visited Hearing Institute Atlantic, I knew that I would leave as a satisfied customer. Acting on advice, I shopped around and talked to other audiologists. They seemed more interested in how much I was prepared to spend, and whether I...
Hearing loss affects every aspect of a person’s life. When left untreated, hearing loss reduces the social, emotional, psychological and physical well-being of those who have even a mild form of hearing loss. This impact has been well documented. Research from The Better Hearing Institute...