Hearing Health Blog

You’ve more than likely heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your father’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes today’s technology so much better? And what exactly can present day hearing aids accomplish […]

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Sometimes, it seems as if we prefer to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an article named “List of common misconceptions” that includes hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I understand it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the web page and you’ll notice approximately 385 references to credible sources. For instance, did […]

Read More… from The Top 5 Hearing Aid Myths Exposed

It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a qualified professional diagnosis, despite the reality that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are very clear to other people. But are those with hearing loss simply too stubborn to get help? No, actually, and for a couple of specific […]

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If the unfamiliar causes anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is particularly stressful. While almost all of us have experience with the family physician and the neighborhood dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It certainly would be useful to have someone describe the process upfront, wouldn’t it? Well, […]

Read More… from What to Expect at Your Hearing Exam

You’ve just completed your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now coming into the room and provides you with a graph, like the one above, except that it has all of these signs, colors, and lines. This is supposed to reveal to you the exact, mathematically precise characteristics of your hearing loss, but to you […]

Read More… from How to Read Your Audiogram at Your Hearing Test

While many of us keep up to date with our annual physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we often fail to take into account the well-being of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to worsen, it takes place so slowly that we barely notice and fail to take action. It’s this lack of […]

Read More… from Exploring a Career in the Hearing Care Profession

Do you recall the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized wristbands that promised to grant instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t see much of that promoting anymore; in 2008, the creators of the Q-Ray Bracelets were legally obligated to repay customers a maximum of $87 million due […]

Read More… from Avoiding the Biggest Mistake in Treating Your Hearing Loss

We don’t need to inform you of the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a different kind of challenge: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing screened and treated. But how are you supposed to get through to someone who denies there is even an issue, […]

Read More… from How to Persuade Someone to Get a Hearing Test

Hearing damage is treacherously sneaky. It creeps up on an individual through the years so slowly you hardly notice, making it easy to deny or ignore. And then, when you finally acknowledge the signs and symptoms, you shrug it off as bothersome and annoying because its true consequences are hidden. For approximately 48 million Americans […]

Read More… from 8 Reasons Hearing Loss is More Dangerous Than You Think

You probably don’t associate hearing loss or tinnitus with your favorite rock stars but truth is, these are the negative, not do glamorous, side-effects of all that glory, wealth, and screaming that makes up the life of a rock star. A musician’s hearing is what is most predisposed to damage from the performance of their […]

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