Archive for Hearing Health
By Rick Hughey I have been a musician for many years – specifically a drummer and percussionist who has played in myriad and varied settings. While many of the applicable instruments and sound effects upon which I perform can be played very quietly, some inherently create higher volume pressures. When I was younger I never […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Our audiologists are often asked why hearing aids are so expensive. Hearing aids are high-tech digital devices that need to be small enough to fit comfortably in an ear and stable enough to wear every day. Hearing aid manufacturers put a significant amount of time and money into research and development to make products that can […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Thank you for partnering with us throughout the year, as a patient or a donor. As you make your final year end giving plans, we hope you will contribute to Constance Brown Hearing Centers. Download our Remittance Form (PDF) to print, fill out, and mail. Donate online to Constance Brown Hearing Centers through Network for […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Good hearing healthcare starts with a full diagnostic evaluation. There are many ads that offer a free hearing screening or even a free hearing test. It is a good guess that the professionals offering these are only doing enough testing to sell you hearing aids. Some professionals use the term “screening” because legally a hearing […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This blog first appeared on the Kalamazoo Community Foundation’s Love Where You Live blog. Our community is built upon the generosity of the people who came before us. Behind many names of our streets, public parks, companies, and organizations, there is a story of a local resident known for significant achievements or who cared so […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →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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