Sometimes it happens. You catch yourself kinda half stepping or leaning a bit too far or too quick. If you feel off balance or sometimes dizzy there is help available. Our hearing mechanism controls so many intricate details in our lives. Our ears provide many wonderful things for us. They of course give us the ability to enjoy the sounds in our environment. Birds chirping and leaves rustling. The splashing sound of fish jumping in ...
Communicate...Communicate...COMMUNICATE! You have taken the time to investigate your hearing needs and probably / hopefully you were educated properly and received help for your hearing loss. The steps that you have gone through with your Hearing Health Care Provider build the foundation of the relationship that you both should enjoy for many years to come. This relationship yields better hearing. It provides you with improved communication abilities. Socialization is easier. Doctors appointments have meaning ...
This just in—even more evidence to support that hearing aids can be beneficial to our brain health: A new study found that, for older adults at risk for cognitive decline, hearing aids were shown to reduce the risk by nearly half. The study, known as the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders study—or ACHIEVE study, for short—was published in The Lancet, and presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® just ...
There are several different levels of technology that hearing instruments are available in. During the course of a consultation we take the time and effort to explain the limitations and benefits of each. Most hearing manufacturers offer 5-6 levels of “new technology” … while older technology is also available from most as well. So what is the benefits or limitations? Briefly… if you can imagine your old transistor radio… you had a volume control. Nothing else ...
Starkey just yesterday announced the release date of their latest innovation. The World’s smallest rechargeable completely in the canal hearing instrument. There are actually 3 tiny models in the grouping named “THE SIGNATURE SERIES”. Very exciting things to come in just a few weeks.
We know that past studies have associated hearing loss with depression and it’s no surprise why: When it’s difficult to hear, it’s difficult to communicate—which can lead to social isolation and eventually, depression. But what makes today’s fact stand out is that it highlights one of the first studies to directly link hearing aids with a reduced risk of depression. How study linked hearing aids with lowered depression Researchers from ...
Some things in life just take time to get used to. That new pair of glasses sitting on your nose takes getting used to. Those new high heels are a little steep until you get used to walking in them. How about your dentures or even a new crown on your tooth? And yes...even your hearing aid will take time to get used to. Why? Well, because of sensations and stimulation that is being ...
Monday through Friday while helping patients to hear better there is one constant service that takes place. One thing that has to be done to every hearing instrument that comes through the door. One thing that needs to be checked with every patient. Ear wax. While patients attempts to clean their instruments , there is just so much they can do. With professional equipment and professional expertise your hearing instruments are analyzed, worn parts replaced, and ...
The discovery of our personal hearing loss can be gradual or sudden. As we age, most of us will have hearing loss caused by presbycusis. This term is used when there is a degeneration of the inner ear due to age. Often this shift in the health of the inner ear causes lowered sensitivity to high frequencies and a diminished ability to understand speech. People may say that people are mumbling. Usually, presbycusis creates a ...
Adults and children will most likely experience an ear infection. In fact, 80% of children will have one before they reach 6 years of age. Over 50% of them will have a severe infection before they are 3 years old. If a child under the age of 7 gets an ear infection and it goes untreated it can leave the child with long lasting side effects. Ear infections happen when fluid builds up on the ...
