Recent research by John Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging found that hearing loss significantly increases your risk of falling. Falls are a very serious health concern for the senior population. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 20,000 seniors died from unintentional...
Most people with untreated hearing loss can tell you that a long day of meetings, social events, and interactions can leave them feeling tired and worn out. Not only do they feel tired at the end of the day, but their hearing may actually be...
Hearing loss is extremely prevalent in nursing homes, yet often dismissed by caregivers. "She's 90, of course she has hearing loss" is a common phrase uttered by family members and nursing home workers. While increased age leads to an increased risk for hearing loss, it...
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...
With the Superbowl having just passed us, excitement built for the big game last weekend. As athletes stayed focused to win the coveted Superbowl trophy, and as they worked out their communication strategies for the field, little did they know that they may be getting...
Paul Hewson, now known as Bono, was born and raised in Ireland. In his adolescence, he was a member of a group called "Lypton Village"; on one uneventful evening hanging out on the street across from a local hearing aid company, his friends decided "Bono Vox"...
In Part 2 of this hearing aid history lesson, we watched as hearing aids started to use electrical current to amplify sounds. However, these devices were still large and bulky. In 1948, Bell Laboratories developed the transistor to replace vacuum tubes, which opened many new...
