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Lets focus on communicating rather than hearing! Some good advice from a hearing health advocate, Gael Hannan "My goal should not be to hear again or hear better but to communicate to the best of my ability in all areas of my life". Her advice: Be honest about...

Did you know that you can use your hearing aids as a wireless headset? New technology allows you to stream music from a tablet, iPad or mp3 player through the streamer to your hearing aids. How to use it? Streamer: With Oticon hearing aids first pair your device with...

Shakespeare often made reference to the ears in his works. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!". - Julius Caesar “But words are words; I never yet did hear, That the bruised heart was pierced through the ear.” - Othello http://journals.lww.com/thehearingjournal/Fulltext/2013/02001/Hear_and_There___On_Shakespeare,_Earworms,_and.3.aspx...

What is a CROS aid? Contralateral Routing of Signal or more commonly CROS aids are designed for single sided deafness. If there is a profound hearing loss in one ear that cannot be helped by a traditional hearing aid a CROS aid can be considered. A...

The Streamer Pro has some new and exciting features. Similar to the previous model the streamer pro can be used with cell phones, land line phones, television, tablets, music devices and computers. The Streamer Pro in addition has a telecoil enabling users to utilize loop systems in public places and...

Oticon has launched a new hearing - Alta The new Oticon Alta can provide a personalised listening experience.  Alta has all the great features of the previous Oticon Agil and some new features as well. The new Alta has features such as Speech Guard, Spatial Sound, Directionality,...

Hearing loss has the potential to affect work and personal life. For doctors, nurses, veterinarians or other health care workers being able to hear through a stethoscope is crucial. They need to be able to hear important heart, bowel or lung sounds to be able...

Check out this great article on NPR on ear infections and antibiotics! http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/25/172588359/pediatricians-urged-to-treat-ear-infections-more-cautiously?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter  ...

Have a listen to this short segment on NPR that discusses how the brain works in noise. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/07/173613681/hear-that-in-a-din-of-voices-our-brains-can-tune-to-one...