Hearing Health Blog

Patients often ask precisely why hearing in crowds of people is especially tough for them. When they are talking to people one-on-one, or in small groups of people there is no problem, and they seem to hear just fine. Not so in crowded situations. Whether in large public space outdoors such as a football game […]

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The earliest type of hearing aid is in fact still used in modern times. Whenever you see a person cup their hand behind their ear, you are seeing the first method of hearing assistance in action. Born out of necessity, the earliest tools used to aid hearing came about in the early 17th century. They […]

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What to do with an old or used hearing aid is a dilemma that arises for many people. You might have just updated your old one with a newer unit, you might have received a cochlear implant and thus have no need for yours any longer, or it could have belonged to a member of […]

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Why? It's the number question by our patients. There are many reasons why you could have experienced some hearing loss, but the most important thing to know is that if you have, you are not alone – 22 million Americans have some degree of impaired hearing, and 10 million of them qualify as having hearing […]

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Tinnitus (pronounced either tin-NYE-tus or TIN-ni-tus according to the American Tinnitus Association) is defined as hearing sounds that in most cases no one else can hear. Experienced generally more often by men over the age of 50, tinnitus appears to be age-related. Tinnitus inexplicably affects more Americans in the South than other parts of the […]

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In addition to all of them being musicians, what do Barbra Streisand, Neil Young, Pete Townshend and Brian Wilson have in common? They all suffered permanent hearing loss, directly as a result of playing their music. I often work with musicians who have experienced hearing damage as a result of their longtime love of playing […]

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If you're shopping for your first hearing aid and finding the process confusing, you are not alone. When Consumer Reports did a comparative report on hearing aids, they followed consumers for six months as they tried to figure out which one to buy. Their report was dismaying: two-thirds of the aids purchased ended up being […]

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Your hearing aids are intricate pieces of equipment, and it’s your responsibility to take care of them. Proper care will maintain their performance quality and help them last as long as possible. When you wear BTE hearing aids, use several care techniques to keep them in top shape. First, clean your ear mold every night […]

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A teenager meets her ’hearing angels’. […]

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When you first learn that you can benefit from wearing hearing aids, you may be reluctant because you believe it will be obvious to others that you have a hearing loss. However, with today’s technology, companies are able to create tiny, yet powerful hearing aids. Starkey offers two types of invisible aids. Both of them […]

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