by Calvert Hearing Care | Aug 13, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It has long been accepted that there are powerful connections between sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and tendencies determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to specific sounds. As an example, research has...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Aug 6, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t tend to begin appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the capability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to think about, for example, how much we appreciate a good conversation with a close friend until...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Jul 30, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent people from attaining healthier hearing: The inability to detect hearing loss in the first place (owing to its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive remedy. Regrettably,...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Jul 23, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and without a doubt, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is customary, and it breaks the very first rule of cleaning your ears:...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Jul 16, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an unavoidable problem associated with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s regular use of iPods. But the numbers show that the bigger problem may be exposure to loud noise at work. In the...
by Calvert Hearing Care | Jun 11, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most crucial part of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this quick guide,...