Hearing health tips, news, and resources from our registered audiologists across Nova Scotia.
What I enjoy the most about being an audiologist is the relationships with patients. Many of our regular patients who wear hearing aids come to see us 2 to 3 times per year. I love that we get to spend quality time talking with our...
Loving my job is easy. On a daily basis, my job is to greet people (on the phone or in person), make them smile, and feel good about their day. I have been told by a patient that I am a “ray of sunshine”, and...
It is very tough to choose a single moment that defines why I love my profession, as our days are filled with many small, but special moments. However, a particular patient comes to mind that defines my goals as an audiologist. My experience with her has been...
Some weird behaviors that are in fact related to hearing…. have a read. Check out this blog by a hearing impaired audiologist as he chronicles both personal stories and professional stories of living and working with a hearing loss. His honesty, creativity and humor make...
This is a cordless phone for both regular use and use with hearing aids. While it looks like a regular phone, and for your normal-hearing family members will function as a normal phone, it is actually very different for a hearing aid user. A traditional...
If you have diabetes, your ears may be at risk. Read this quick article to see what we are talking about: http://www.betterhearing.org/hearing_loss/diabetes_and_hearing_loss/index.cfm If you’re not scheduled for regular hearing tests, it is important that you start. Just like your eyes, your ears are at risk...
Over the next 5 days, we will be looking at a new career each day that is well known to be hazardous for the ears. Noise exposure can cause significant hearing loss to people of all ages, and the nature of certain jobs can result...
Over the next 5 days, we will be looking at a new career each day that is well known to be hazardous for the ears. Noise exposure can cause significant hearing loss to people of all ages, and the nature of certain jobs can result...
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