Why do you think people put off correcting their hearing? Right off the bat… many will say that it is because hearing instruments are expensive. While that may be an underlying concern… usually it is not the primary reason. Often patients admit that they put off getting their hearing corrected due to the anxiety of being able to learn how to put a hearing aid in their ears. Now, before you shake your head... if ...
The last year and a half have been tough on everyone. This year however there seems to be a renewed Christmas spirit in the air. Patients coming into the office seem to have quite the “pep in their step!" I have seen many treasured Christmas shirts. Patients are planning to take trips to see their kids and grandkids. Other patients have family coming to Florida to enjoy our beautiful weather. So in the Christmas spirit ...
Many technologies are using artificial intelligence sensors in their products. Starkey Hearing Technologies were the very first company to put them to work in their hearing instruments. Over 3 years ago they introduced the first instruments with AI sensors and they just keep making them better and faster. This results in better speech understanding in all environments. The holidays are here! Along with the holidays come lots of friends and family fun. Whether you have ...
Often I get asked…. “Can anything be done about this awful ringing in my ears?” Well yes. Tinnitus Sound Therapy is a real solution. It provides the patient a way to combat and adjust as their tinnitus shifts. For many patients who suffer from tinnitus they also share that it gets louder at certain times of the day. Some experience the sounds that they hear to actually change pitch. Tinnitus, ringing in your ears or ...
There are many signs of hearing loss — but one of the first signs that your hearing is going is if you can hear fine in quiet environments yet struggle to hear in noise. Here’s why. Even for people with normal hearing, noisy settings can be tricky to navigate when trying to make out speech. That’s because we all use contextual cues during conversations — or clues from words we do make out — to fill ...
Hearing and sight are arguably our two most important senses (despite taste getting a lot of attention these past 18 months). Yet, if and when either starts to fail us — and both typically do as we age — we react to each very differently. You can tell by all the people with glasses, contacts, Lasik surgery or cheaters that we have no problem or hesitation treating vision issues. But when it comes to treating hearing loss ...
Perhaps you have a loved one with a hearing loss or maybe they already wear hearing aids. You know the difficulties that they undergo every day. People with hearing loss work much harder than those of us with normal hearing to get through their day. Hearing loss always presents special communication difficulties for everyone involved in the conversation or situation. People want to hear and understand what is going on and those talking want others ...
A 2017 study, conducted by The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care, called dementia “the greatest global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century.” But you don’t need a study to tell you that. Ask friends and loved ones of the estimated 50 million people worldwide who have dementia (there’s a good chance you are one), and they’ll tell you about the worry, stress, sadness and devastation ...
Today you have choices in how to power your hearing aids. There are hearing aids batteries of several different sizes and rechargeable hearing aids. Some people still prefer changing a simple battery once a week to fiddling with a charger. While others love the convenience of just sticking their aids in a charger when they go to bed and forgetting about it. Fortunately, Starkey Hearing Technologies has developed their rechargeable blue tooth hearing instruments in ...
Our ears are as individual as our fingerprints. No two ears are the same. Along with providing us with our sense of hearing they also can reveal many interesting things about our health. They provide a sense of equilibrium. If your ears get congested it causes you to feel dizzy. Ears also contribute to our ability to taste properly. There are nerves in the middle of the ear called Chorda Tympani that run and connect ...
