Well here I sit… the night after Hurricane Milton. A bit reflective as I wrestled with a section of my dock that was dangling and trying to figure how I could keep it from totally disconnecting and sinking to the bottom. Because it was a new dock just last year I was slightly sickened as I saw it start to break apart. For hours the lake attacked the dock from one direction and then around ...
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 actually 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 ...
Mild hearing loss may sound, umm, mild, but it’s quite the misnomer. Professionals classify any hearing thresholds between 25-40 dB to be a mild hearing loss. But short of measuring your hearing loss precisely, how can you tell if you have mild hearing loss? People with a mild hearing loss tend to be able to hear speech when someone is speaking close to them or if the room is quiet. They can hear when ...
Hearing is one of those things we take for granted until there is an issue. It’s time for a reality check on our health! Hearing is such an integral part of our health system. Along with the physical properties that hearing is related to; there is also mental aspects that should be monitored. It is well known that hearing loss is the 3rd most common chronic health condition in the United States. Along with ...
Bluetooth hearing aids first hit the market in 2005 with the Starkey Eli.. about 5 years after other types of bluetooth devices came out.. like wireless/bluetooth headsets. They were just OK as far as connecting to anything. Finally in 2014 They were the first company to work with Apple ™ to release the Halo hearing instrument with direct connection to an IPhone ™ It took a couple years to work with Samsung ™ to get a bluetooth ...
Technology can be confusing. It doesn’t matter if it is a computer that sets on your desk, one that you hold in your hand that you use for phone calls and text messages or that cute little device that sets on or in your ear that allows you to communicate and be an active participant in life! All computers have different capabilities based on the flexibility of it’s computer chip and accompanying components ...
New patients; just getting their first set of hearing instruments often have a mindset when they come into the office that they only need and want one hearing instrument. They have figured out which ear is the worse and they want to correct that ear only. We all have some misconceived notions at one time or another! Hahaha!! It is not an uncommon question or even statement to hear... “I have to wear two hearing ...
It’s no secret that treating hearing loss with hearing aids gives us the life-changing benefit of never missing a moment. But this just in: A brand-new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity Journal has revealed that hearing aids may also be life-lengthening—by nearly 25 percent. While the study had us at “live longer,” we wanted to know more and thought you might, too. Study examined longevity effects of regular hearing aid use ...
Think about your activities and also your kids activities. It’s that time of the year again...hunting season. Therefore, it is also time for a lot of people in our community to take assessment of the type of hearing protection that they use. If you are shooting guns then you should get the best sound limiting ear plugs or devices that you can. If you get the little foam plugs from the store then ...
We will all find ourselves at one time or another; taking the advice of other people. It’s a simple act of asking someone’s opinion and deciding if their advice or information seems valid. Is it “do-able.” We take the advice of our friends and family. We take the advice of the medical professionals that we deal with. We trust these people so it’s only natural to “brain storm” with them to seek ...
