HEARING TIPS
Will it Cause Additional Hearing Losses if I am Confronted with Loud Sounds While Using My Hearing Aid?
A common patient question is whether their new hearing aid will amplify sounds which can be already too loud, making those sounds louder still. This is a normal question, one for which there is thankfully a comforting answer. Put simply, as long as they are correctly...
Why Can You Hear Men’s Voices Normally but not Female or Children’s Voices?
If you're able to hear men's voices more easily than female or kid's voices, it might suggest that you have experienced some high-frequency hearing loss. The voices of most women and children fall into a higher frequency range - generally 165 to 255 Hz - while male...
How to Find the Right Cellular Phone to Work with Your Hearing Aid
Up until recently, the complex electronics of cell phones often interacted poorly with the electronics of hearing aids, resulting in interference between the two devices that was perceived as static, screeching or whistling noises, or lost words. Thankfully, advances...
Should You Use 1 or 2 Hearing Aids?
Given the price of high quality hearing aids, many people naturally wonder whether they really need two hearing aids, or if they could make do with one. Virtually all hearing professionals will state that the many benefits of wearing two hearing aids considerably...
What is Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and Who is it Appropriate For?
Tinnitus is widespread in the U.S. with approximately 50 million sufferers over age 50. Tinnitus sufferers hear continuous sounds in their heads that others don't hear such as buzzing, clicking, humming, ringing or whistling. Tinnitus is commonly known by its slang...
Making Your Home Safer for Hearing Impaired Family Members
One aspect of hearing loss that is not often addressed is the basic decrease in safety of those who have experienced it. For instance, suppose that a fire starts in your home; if you are like most people you have smoke detectors to sound an alert so that you and your...
Symptoms of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss has many forms - it may occur gradually (for example, as the result of aging) or suddenly (as the result of an injury or trauma). The experience of hearing loss may range from mild episodes of not being able to hear conversations correctly to extreme...
An Introduction to Digital vs Analog Hearing Aids
A bit of background and an explanation of how analog devices work versus how digital devices work is necessary to understand the differences between analog and digital hearing aids. Analog hearing aids came out first, and were the standard in the majority of hearing...
Tinnitus and Hearing Loss are Top the Disability List for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Loss of hearing is extremely common in America, with an estimated 20% of the general population having experienced it, but veterans who have served in war zones have experienced significantly higher percentages of hearing loss. Among troops who've been in Afghanistan...
Detecting Hearing Loss in Children – Signs to Look For
Based on data from the National Institutes of Health, out of every one thousand babies in the US, 2 to 3 are born deaf or with impaired hearing. Childhood hearing loss can be caused by developmental irregularities in the ear, by a middle ear infection known as otitis...