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Norm spent his career working in a manufacturing setting. Despite encouragement from the company to wear hearing protection, he chose otherwise. Today, Norm believes his degree of hearing loss is a result of not protecting his hearing on the job. He says, “I was young and healthy, and didn’t think about getting older at that […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Obtaining new hearing aids, whether for the first time or upgrading from older technology, is an adventure and also a compromise. Our audiologists are here to help guide you through your hearing world, and also to address and set aside some common misconceptions of what hearing aid technology can and cannot do. Listed you will […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →At the age of 3, Elijah was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease called Alport syndrome. This genetic mutation of his collagen means that Elijah’s kidneys cannot properly filter his blood, and as a result of the mutation, his hearing is affected. At the age of 7, Elijah’s gradual hearing loss had significantly changed enough […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) occurs when the tiny sensory cells in the inner ear are damaged by sounds that are too loud and last too long. NIHL can be permanent but is preventable. Helping to educate your tween (8-12 years) about the effects of noise on hearing will help them develop healthy hearing habits […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Although not perfectly symmetrical, our bodies are designed to function with paired structures. There is a reason why we have two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, two arms, two hands, two legs, and two feet. These structures perform many critical tasks, including gathering sensory information for the two sides of the brain to process. The […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →When working with patients, I get a lot of questions about batteries and so I thought it would be a good topic to discuss. How do hearing aid batteries work? Let’s start out with understanding how the batteries work. Hearing aid batteries are a zinc-air battery. That means that they require oxygen from the air […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Exposure to certain medications can damage hearing. The U.S Food and Drug Administration does not require testing the effects of new drugs on hearing or balance. This makes it difficult to know with certainty all of the medications that may affect hearing or balance. Currently there are more than 200 documented prescriptive or over the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Recent studies have found a link between hearing loss and dementia. In a 2013 study headed by Dr. Frank Lin published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing impairment was found to be associated with accelerated cognitive decline in older adults. Just because you have hearing loss does not mean that you will […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Pronounced TINN-it-tus, it is defined as the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the head when no external sound is present. It is often referred to as “ringing in the ears,” however some people hear hissing, roaring, whistling, chirping or clicking. It can be intermittent or constant, single or multi-tonal, and […]
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