HEARING TIPS
How Modern Hearing Aids Can Save Your Holiday Season
Coping with hearing loss throughout the holiday season can be especially difficult. While you may actually prefer to NOT hear a few of your relatives, the conversations you do want to indulge in can be stressful. And because nearly all large holiday gatherings tend to...
The Advantages of Wearing Two Hearing Aids
Are two hearing aids better than one? If you’re hunting for the short answer, then yes, almost all cases of hearing loss are ideally managed with two hearing aids. If you want to learn why, or are curious about why we have two ears to begin with, then continue...
Why Hearing Aids Make You Happier Than Winning the Lottery
Supposing that you have hearing loss, what’s most likely to make you happy? A) Winning the lottery, or B) Getting a new pair of hearing aids It might sound obvious to you that the answer is A, but research on happiness tells a very different story. For starters,...
The Alarming Hearing Loss Statistics You Need to Know About
Far too often, we hear people say that hearing loss only impacts “old people,” that it’s just part of getting old, or that it’s generally an uncommon ailment. These remarks couldn’t be further from the facts. Here are statistics you should know about: Prevalence of...
5 Good Reasons to Get a Hearing Test
In the United States, approximately 37.5 million adults have some degree of hearing loss. Yet according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), merely 20 percent of those who could reap the benefits of hearing aids actually use them. That implies that millions of...
4 Important Sounds You’re Missing With Hearing Loss
Here’s something most people are surprised to learn: in the majority of cases of hearing loss, people can hear a number of sounds without any problem, and have difficulty only with particular sounds. Particularly, if you have trouble only with high-pitched sounds, you...
The Health Benefits of Better Hearing
It’s frequently said that we don’t truly appreciate the things we have until they’re gone, and this seems to be specifically true of our ability to hear. Hearing loss is not only hard to detect; it’s also tough to appreciate just how much hearing enhances our lives....
6 Encouraging Things Wearing Hearing Aids Says About You
It remains a puzzle as to why wearing glasses—which treat vision impairment—is perceived as an indication of intelligence, while wearing hearing aids—which correct hearing impairment—has been perceived as a sign of old age. Maybe it’s about time the stigma of hearing...
When Should I Upgrade My Hearing Aids?
When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a frequent question we hear from our patients, and the answer requires some thought. Although hearing aids ordinarily have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are a few cases in which you may want to upgrade earlier. Here are...
10 Ways to Control Your Hearing Aids With the Apple Watch
Picture being able to manipulate the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and effortlessly as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any hearing situation without ever having to touch your hearing aids....