HEARING TIPS
PSAs Are Not Intended for for Individuals with Hearing Problems
There's a lot of confusion with regards to the difference between these two categories of devices, and that confusion is increased by the number of advertisements floating around for inexpensive personal sound amplifiers (PSAs), compared with how relatively few you...
Functionality, Comfort and Hearing Protection Criteria in Choosing Childrens’ Headphones
One thing you can look forward to if you have children is that at some point they are going to ask you to buy them some headphones to use with their computers, games and music players. No big shock there. After all, headphones commonly offer a better experience when...
Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment of Swimmer’s Ear – Acute External Otitis
Acute external otitis is an infection of the outer ear canal - the portion outside your eardrum. Virtually all people recognize it by its common name - swimmer's ear. The popular name "swimmer's ear" derives from the fact that the infection is frequently linked to...
Positives and Negatives of Replacing vs Repairing a Broken Hearing Aid
"Should I repair or replace an older hearing aid?" is one of the more common questions we get. The answer is "That depends." The question of whether to repair or replace hinges on many factors, and the "right answer" is as individual as the people asking the question....
Essentials of Sound Therapy for Hearing Loss and Other Conditions
Sound in an extraordinary thing. It impacts our emotions and well-being in numerous ways - both positive and negative. Listening to music can be calming and enjoyable, but it can also be stressful and irritating if the volume is too loud. Everyone has a different...
Figuring Out the Connections Between Hearing Loss, Dementia and Decline in Cognitive Function
If you have some type of hearing loss, do you ever find that listening to people talk is work, and that you need to try really hard to understand what people say? You are not alone. The feeling that listening and understanding is demanding work is common among people...
What’s New in Hearing Research – Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration
Many of the conditions that cause hearing problems for our patients cannot be reversed which is quite frustrating for our hearing specialists. One of the main causes of hearing loss, for example, is damage to the tiny hair cells in our inner ears that vibrate in...
Answers to Your Questions about Using a Hearing Aid in a Loud Situation
A common question asked by customers being fitted for hearing aids concerns whether the hearing aids which are made to help them hear faint sounds will make the loud noises too loud for their ears.This is a normal question, one for which there is thankfully a...
How is Hearing Loss Classified?
Hearing loss may take many different forms and occur as the result of a number of causes, and to fully understand them you need to understand the way in which we hear. Along with the eardrum and the ear canal, the outer ear is the section of the ear on the outside of...
What You Should Expect from Your Hearing Aid Batteries
Although it might seem to be a simple question to ask just how long hearing aid batteries should be expected to last, it isn't. Precisely how long hearing aid batteries last depends on quite a few factors. One consideration is the manufacturer of the hearing aid....