Hearing health tips, news, and resources from our registered audiologists across Nova Scotia.
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
Hearing loss affects more than just the hearing impaired individual. Hearing loss affects the entire family, and places an increased responsibility and increased stress on the partner of a hearing impaired individual. Often the spouse of a hearing impaired person exerts a lot of energy...
NBC News recently published the article below, shedding light on the ongoing issue of hearing loss in our veterans, and the negative effect on their health and wellness. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/13/14728839-hearing-loss-the-most-prevalent-injury-among-returning-veterans?lite
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....
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...
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,...
What is easier to correct? Hearing loss or vision loss? Most of us see hearing aids and glasses as similar devices, just for different senses. They are used to help compensate for a loss in a sense, whether hearing or vision. However, what hearing aids...
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
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