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Why do people put off wearing hearing aids?
Why do people put off wearing hearing aids? This is a question we, as audiologists, ask ourselves almost daily. We see people all day long with hearing loss, many of them untreated, and when the…
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Why don’t insurance companies cover hearing aids?
This is a question that we as audiologists hear every day, and as approximately 37 million people suffer some form of hearing loss, insurance coverage – or the lack of – is something that has…
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What You Need to Know About Summer Hearing Aid Care
Contributed by Lisa Packer, staff writer, Healthy Hearing July 14, 2016 After a long cold winter, we might welcome the warm temperatures but for hearing aids, summer is no picnic. The arrival of warm weather…
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What to Expect at a Vestibular (Balance) Evaluation
When people are dizzy, they are often sent to a vestibular audiologist for a vestibular evaluation. The vestibular system is the balance part of the inner ear. A comprehensive vestibular evaluation is used to determine…
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What to Expect at a Hearing Aid Consultation
A hearing aid consultation is an appointment with one of our audiologists where you will discuss the different amplification options available to you. At this consultation, the audiologist will discuss your hearing loss and how…
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What’s The Problem With A Little Noise?
Noise exposure is a common cause for hearing loss. Noise exposure can be the result of recreational noise or occupational noise. It is estimated that 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise levels…
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What’s Okay to Put in My Ears?
Did your mother ever tell you to never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear? Well, turns out she was right. As an audiologist, I often see patients with the above question, or…
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What Should My Baby Be Hearing?
From the American Academy of Audiology Approximately three of every 1,000 babies have a significant hearing problem at birth.[i] More than 5,000 babies are born with hearing loss each year.[ii] Babies are not able to…
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What is New with Custom Hearing Aids?
So what is new with custom hearing aids? Custom hearing aids are amplification devices that are made using an earmold impression of the patient’s ear. They are programmed for the patient’s individual hearing loss by…
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What is Misophonia?
What is Misophonia?(more commonly known as “please stop chewing/breathing/grinding your teeth/etc so loud it’s driving me CRAZY”) Misophonia- or “hatred of sounds” – is a disorder in which certain sounds cause a negative emotional or…
