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...
My first Response is I love people. I deeply care for them and hearing is a very important part of good health. Hearing loss is labeled to be for seniors which is not true. I am in the age category that we should be considering...
Hearing Institute Atlantic runs a monthly clinic at Northwood Health Center on the first Thursday of each month. You can find Jennifer, Hearing Instrument Specialist, who runs the clinic at Northwood Towers in the Pauline Potter Health Center.Hearing tests, hearing aid fittings, hearing aid programming and...
Check out this short New York Times video of Katherine Bouton who talks about her experiences with hearing loss and hearing aids. Her advice? Many people don't acknowledge their hearing loss and as a result are often uncomfortable in many social settings. She recommends doing something...
Thanks to all the enthusiastic Eastern College students! We had a great hands on session all about hearing aids yesterday. Check out our presentation for more info EasternCollege2013....
Audiology, like many other fields, changes rapidly. Every couple of months there is new hearing aid technology, advanced equipment and exciting research. At HIA we like to stay current and attend continuing education a couple of times per year. This allows all of our clinicians to...