Gael Hannan, a mother and grandmother who actively blogs at hearinghealthmatters.org, has a hearing loss but does not let it define her. She is open with her experiences in all aspects of life on her blog, but recently discussed being hearing impaired as a grandmother...
At what point did we develop the capacity to hear as we know it today? Palaeoanthropologists at Binghamton University in NY State have analyzed ossicles (the middle ear bones, and also the smallest bones in the human body) in hominin fossils (between 1.8 million to 3.3...
Check out this article for a cool invention designed by Sony to help the hearing impaired population enjoy movies and catch each line of the story. As more research and pilot studies are completed, we will likely see these available for home theatre viewing, hopefully in...
Did you know that the various Empire Theatres in Nova Scotia have equipment that can be borrowed on request to help a hearing impaired movie-goer get the most out of their movie-watching experience? All Empire Theatres have wireless headsets that can be requested at the customer service...
With every day, month, year that passes in the world, medical researchers are looking for new and improved ways to remediate hearing loss. Watch the video below to see why working in the hearing care field can be so rewarding. Grayson, a 3 year old boy born...
The new Widex Phone-Dex is the answer to everyone's home-phone needs, whether you have a hearing loss, or you have normal hearing and live with someone who wears hearing aids. What is it? The Widex Phone-Dex is a sleek cordless phone that has all the features of...
In a previous post, we discussed how smoking can increase your risk for hearing loss. But did you know that secondhand smoke can increase the risk of hearing loss in adolescents and children? Check out this summary from CBC of a researcher who found that exposure to second...
Wrong! As shown by Science Daily (2011), and numerous other researchers, when even a mild hearing loss is left untreated, it can lead to brain atrophy (a weakening of the brain pathways associated with processing speech and other sounds) in older adults. What this can ultimately lead...
With nice weather comes lots of outdoor activities (although here in Halifax we are still waiting for nice weather). Outdoors may be noisy and background sounds may interfere with communication. Whether you are sitting in your backyard, going for a walk or checking out some...
My name is Michael Everett. I recently completed my audiology degree at the University of Western Ontario and have spent the past eight weeks working as an intern with Hearing Institute Atlantic. I would like to share some thoughts on my journey into professional life...
