If you’ve ever flown, you most likely know the sensation of your ears plugging up. Irritating, right? Here’s why that happens. The most common reason for ears to feel clogged or plugged is due to something called Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (Eustachian is pronounced “You-Station”). The Eustachian tube connects the back of the nose to the middle ear and serves to protect, ventilate and drain the middle ear when necessary to keep the air ...
So how do you know if you have GREAT Hearing Instruments? How do you get Great Hearing Instruments? First of all...It starts with a thorough Hearing Discovery with your Hearing Health Care Provider. After your health history and hearing needs are addressed it is then time to head into the Testing Booth or Testing Room. A complete hearing test should include pure tones in air & bone, speech discrimination in both quiet and in noise ...
Better Hearing and Speech Month or BHSM was started many years ago to raise awareness about hearing and speech difficulties. The goal is to educate people of signs, symptoms and solutions that are available to improve communication abilities. Throughout the month many organizations provide free hearing evaluations, video otoscopy, and consultations to the community. The first step.. everyone should evaluate your communication ability. If you have children evaluate theirs also. The earlier the prevention and ...
Life is full of little nooks & crannies where we discover all types of interesting information. I thought today I would throw out some Hearing Tidbits.... just for some fun reading. Hearing Tidbit 1... When we scream, special brain cells get activated and protect our auditory system from the sound of our own voice. The cells actually dampen the auditory neurons to detect incoming sounds. Thus, our own screams will not damage our own hearing. (LiveScience ...
Do you ever feel like the people you’re talking to are mumbling or speaking too quickly? Are you having to ask others to repeat themselves frequently? Or maybe you’re struggling to follow a conversation when there is background noise? If so, these could be indicators that you have a hearing loss. It’s not uncommon for friends and family members to notice we have hearing loss before we do. Most likely, it’s ...
No.. NO.. they do not. In our industry ... the hearing world.. we have lived in a “bundled” world. What? What does that mean. Let me explain. Since the beginning of time; when a patient would purchase a hearing instrument they paid one price. Their contract price of the hearing instrument includes all your hearing care. It includes your testing, speech discrimination, tympanometry, demonstration, fitting, instructions and guidance, cerumen removal, ear flushing, video otoscope, diagnostic testing ...
It can be difficult broach the subject of your loved ones hearing problems. Hearing loss can be frustrating; not just for the person with the hearing difficulties but also for their loved ones. Hearing loss is very personal. Many people who have a hearing loss are in denial. They may be defensive and become upset if you try to discuss their hearing ability with them. When we lose our hearing, it effects our communication process ...
By now we should all know that infectious pathogens — like COVID-19 — can be transmitted from person to person through coughing and sneezing. But did you know it may be transmitted simply by talking, too? In a study published just this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that normal human speech produces thousands of respiratory droplets that can linger in the air for up to 14 minutes. Basically, every time ...
Everyone should agree that having good health is a blessing. There are many different organizations in our world that help to deliver necessary health care to those in need. Yet... there are always so many people who seem to fall between the cracks. Those who don’t meet established guidelines. So many who still go without. Hearing health is one such medical area where so many go un-helped. Good hearing is so essential to being ...
Face masks are now an everyday accessory, “staying in” is the new “going out,” and you guessed it, video chatting is a necessary element of our social fabric and remote work. It’s all part of the new normal. For those with hearing loss, these changes haven’t been as seamless. As you or a loved one may have experienced, masks muffle speech and inhibit lip reading cues, complicating simple interactions; and video conferencing audio ...
