Lets focus on communicating rather than hearing! Some good advice from a hearing health advocate, Gael Hannan "My goal should not be to hear again or hear better but to communicate to the best of my ability in all areas of my life". Her advice: Be honest about...
Did you know that you can use your hearing aids as a wireless headset? New technology allows you to stream music from a tablet, iPad or mp3 player through the streamer to your hearing aids. How to use it? Streamer: With Oticon hearing aids first pair your device with...
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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. A...
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 and...
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,...
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 do for...
