HEARING TIPS
6 Ways to Save Your Hearing
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, brought about by exposure to intense sound levels from personal music devices and noisy settings such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting...
The Psychology of Hearing Loss
If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. In concert, the...
A Short Biography of Raymond Carhart, the “Father of Audiology”
Most people are surprised to hear how young the profession of audiology actually is, and how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wished to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in...
Questions to Ask Your Hearing Specialist Before You Buy Hearing Aids
When it’s time to shop for a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, evaluate options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re set to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re...
The Digital Advantage: Analog Vs. Digital Hearing Aids
You’ve likely heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather'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 modern technology so much better? And what...
The Top 5 Hearing Aid Myths Exposed
At times, it seems like we prefer to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry named “List of common misconceptions” that consists of hundreds of universally-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the page and you’ll see...
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...