The article below was published by the American Academy of Audiology in 2013. While the information was written in the United States, the same information applies to us here in Canada. While a hearing test completed in the convenience of your own home may be attractive...
So you're ready to start on the path to better hearing. You've had the hearing test, chosen your hearing care professional, and you've worked with them to determine what solution is best for you. Now comes time to make the next big step and determine how...
Many people take over-the-counter medications, such as ibuprophen and acetaminophen, on a regular basis to manage a variety of aches and pains. Recent research is suggesting that regular use of acetaminophen and ibuprophen can cause permanent damage to your hearing. A large scale research of 64,000...
On Friday, April 5, the Hearing Institute Atlantic family, friends, and patients gathered to celebrate the accomplishment of one of our audiologists, Sarah Williams, as she recently graduated with her doctorate degree in Audiology. We are very proud to announce the acheivements of Sarah as...
As the hearing aid industry is driven by patients to make hearing aids as discreet and invisible as possible, some hearing aid users are opting for a different approach to their hearing aids. Some hearing aid users choose to consider their hearing aids as just another opportunity to...
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...