Hearing Care Q & A Question: Why Do You Encourage Us to Bring a Companion? Answer: The simple answer is that everyone benefits, including your audiologist. Let’s unpack some of the reasons for this: Hearing loss affects your companion,...
Hearing & Empowered: Embrace the Season With Gusto
Nothing says “Summertime, here we come!” like hitting the road, rails, trails, and friendly skies to make new memories with loved ones far and nearby. Whether having some local fun or taking a trip, here are six ways your hearing...
Hearing Loss Affects People of All Ages
When you think about eyeglasses, what do you think of? Most likely your own pair or those of loved ones. If you’re more fashion-minded, you might even think about that funky pair you saw recently on one of your favorite...
Pediatric Cochlear Implants
3 reasons why the evidence says the earlier you implant your child – the better. Cochlear implants are devices that can restore hearing in individuals who are profoundly deaf and would not benefit from hearing aids. Since first becoming available...
Healthy Hearing Facts
In an effort to bring awareness to ways you can help maintain healthy hearing and a healthful life, we’ve identified 5 Healthy Hearing Facts that you have control over. Untreated Hearing Loss Increases Risk for Dementia: A 12-year study conducted...
8 Sound Therapies That Can Help With Tinnitus
Sound therapy, or acoustic therapy, works by reducing the awareness of tinnitus in relation to background sound. This type of therapy is delivered through a sound therapy device. These devices can be worn or be placed on a tabletop. Many...
5 REASONS: Why it’s difficult to identify your own hearing loss
AKA, when a loved one, who clearly has hearing difficulty, says, “I don’t have any problems hearing!” Many of us have had the experience…Someone we know, who quite obviously to the observer, has difficulty hearing, says with complete sincerity: “I...
Medical Guidelines for Treatment of Tinnitus
The American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Foundation AAO-HNSF , the medical association of Ear, Nose , Throat (ENT) physicians, has issued medical guidelines for evaluation and treatment of tinnitus. These guidelines are the first evidence-based clinical practice...
Usefulness of Hearing Aids
Until you’ve tried hearing aids, it’s tempting to assume they might not help or do you any good. For a long time, hearing aids have gotten a bad rap. Just recently, the New York Times published an Op-Ed asking, “Glasses...
Recent Findings Show a Potential Relationship Between Caffeine and Tinnitus
New study findings have shown that higher caffeine intake is associated with a lower risk of tinnitus, although the underlying mechanism remains unknown. The study showed that intake of caffeine, in the form of coffee, tea, sodas, candy and chocolate,...