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Listening Effort and Fatigue
What is Listening Fatigue? Hearing loss leads to communication difficulties. To maintain optimal understanding, listeners with hearing loss must allocate more cognitive resources, or brain power, to listening than do listeners without hearing loss. This…
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Intraoperative Monitoring in Audiology
During surgery, intraoperative monitoring is used to assess a patient’s hearing system by testing the nervous system. This is done by using evoked potentials to monitor the integrity of the auditory nerve. Auditory evoked potentials…
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Hyperacusis
If you have difficulty tolerating everyday sounds, you may suffer from hyperacusis. Hyperacusis is a hearing disorder that causes sounds which would otherwise seem normal to most people to sound unbearably loud. This condition is…
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How to Wear Masks with Hearing Aids
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) A guide on how to wear masks with hearing aids for adult and pediatric patients Phonak (one of our hearing aid manufacturers) has put together this great information on how to successfully…
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How to Properly Clean Hearing Aids
It is imperative that hearing aid users clean their hearing aids daily in order to keep them in good working order. Parts of the hearing aid can often get clogged with earwax, dry skin, hair…
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How to Manage the Summer Sweats with Hearing Aids
Summer is coming! And with summer comes hotter weather and sweating! Moisture is one of the biggest contributors to hearing aids needing repair. Most hearing aid manufacturers have great protection against moisture built into their…
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How to Help Your Child with Hearing Loss
When a child receives any diagnosis, it can be accompanied by feelings of fear, frustration, and confusion for a parent. When a child is diagnosed with hearing loss, parents are often stepping into uncharted territory…
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How to Hear Your Best for the Holidays
The holidays are an exciting time to spend with friends and family. If you have hearing loss, it can be very difficult to follow conversations with those around you. Here at Professional Hearing Center, we…
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How to Change a Hearing Aid Wax Trap
Does your hearing aid sound weak or muffled? Does your hearing aid seem dead even after changing the battery? Have you not had your hearing aids professionally cleaned in over six months? These are all…
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How Do You Get a Family Member to Consider Hearing Aids?
It all starts with the million-dollar question: How do I get my family member to consider hearing aids? For me, the journey began with my mom complaining that my dad was deliberately ignoring her. She…
