HEARING TIPS
How to Read Your Audiogram at Your Hearing Test
You’ve just completed your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a chart, like the one above, except that it has all of these characters, colors, and lines. This is intended to highlight to you the exact, mathematically...
How to Persuade Someone to Get a Hearing Test
We don’t need to tell you the signs and symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a very different kind of challenge: persuading someone you care for to get their hearing screened and treated. But how are you supposed to get through to...
5 Reasons Why People Deny Hearing Loss
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a professional diagnosis, in spite of the fact that the warning signs of hearing loss are obvious to other people. But are those with hearing loss just too stubborn to get help? No, actually,...
What to Expect at Your Hearing Exam
If the unknown generates anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is especially nerve-racking. While nearly all of us have experience with the family doctor and the community dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It sure would be useful...
Exploring a Career in the Hearing Care Profession
While the majority of us remain current with our yearly physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we usually fail to think about the well-being of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to weaken, it occurs so slowly that we barely notice and neglect to do...
Avoiding the Biggest Mistake in Treating Your Hearing Loss
Do you remember the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized bracelets that promised to provide you with instantaneous and significant pain relief from arthritis and other chronic disorders? Well, you won’t see much of that advertising anymore; in 2008, the producers...
8 Reasons Hearing Loss is More Dangerous Than You Think
Hearing deficit is hazardously sneaky. It creeps up on you over the years so little by little you barely notice, making it easy to deny or ignore. And afterwards, when you eventually recognize the symptoms, you shrug it off as bothersome and aggravating because its...
Professional musicians at greater risk of developing hearing loss
Popularity, wealth, and screaming fans are all part of the life of a professional musician. In spite of this, a lot of “hearing loss” or “tinnitus” can result from all that fortune and fame. The sad fact is, a musician’s hearing is what is most vulnerable to harm from...
Preventing work related hearing loss with high fidelity, custom-fit ear plugs
You should educate yourself on the common decibel levels of sounds so you can better protect your ears while at work or at a concert. It’s true that countless people in these environments can experience hearing damage over time. Check out these cool facts: Did you...
A Brief History of Hearing Aids
As a result of dedicated research over the years as well as an incredible boost in technology, these devices now come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and even colors. Plus, they only weigh a few ounces, providing an unmatched comfort level. The hallmark of inventions...