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Did you know that just talking is teaching? Sometimes it is as simple as that. “Talking is Teaching” is the subject of a campaign to promote learning and literacy for all children. This topic is especially important for children with hearing loss because they don’t have the same access to sound. Every one of you, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Earlier this year, popular children’s brand American Girl released their 2020 Doll of the Year. Joss is a cheerleader, a surfer, and she wears a hearing aid. Joss wears a hearing aid in her right ear because she was born with a unilateral hearing loss (hearing loss in one ear). The doll comes wearing a […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →“Hearing for Life” is the theme of World Hearing Day March 3rd. Organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), this day shines the spotlight on preventing, identifying and treating hearing loss across the lifespan. This year, the campaign would like to highlight the importance of communication at all ages and stages of life. Hearing provides […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →FM is a frequency modulation system that can be used in classrooms and in the home to help with children who have hearing loss or difficulty holding attention in the classroom. They can also be used with adults in various situations. The speaker will wear a microphone and the voice will be received through hearing […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Christopher Morris My hearing loss, like most other people, occurred very gradually. Before discovering that my hearing loss involves the ranges for the speaking voice of most women and children, I chalked up miscommunication with my wife and administrative assistant as simply inattention on my part or mumbling on their part. As time went […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Greg Miller “Huh?” That’s how it all started. My wife would say something and that would be my response. As time went on, one “huh” became a series. Then a constant barrage. You can guess where this is going. It was strongly suggested to me that I check into hearing aids. So, off I […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today’s digital hearing aids do a tremendous job of improving hearing but there are circumstances when a hearing aid needs help. Even the latest hearing aid technology is challenged to function optimally in background noise, at a distance, or in spaces with poor acoustics. About Hearing Loop Systems Hearing loop systems magnetically transmit an audio […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In the Spring of 2015, a new patient who came in for a hearing evaluation was put on our financial assistance waiting list for a hearing aid. We called Jim in the Fall of 2015 with news that financial assistance was available. He and his wife were elated because the day before, they were discussing […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Neil Sikora In looking back over a 30+ year career in pharmaceutical manufacturing, many things stand out in my mind. One of the biggest is that due to the nature of the work, there was a big emphasis on employee health and safety. For most of my career, I supported an area in the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →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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