HEARING TIPS
Questions to Ask Your Hearing Specialist Before You Buy Hearing Aids
When it’s time to shop for a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We conduct some research, evaluate options, and compile a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re ready to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re...
The Digital Advantage: Analog Vs. Digital Hearing Aids
You’ve probably heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your father’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes modern technology so much better? And what exactly...
The Top 5 Hearing Aid Myths Exposed
At times, it seems as if we prefer to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry titled “List of common misconceptions” that consists of hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the webpage and you’ll see...
How to Read Your Audiogram at Your Hearing Test
You have just concluded your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a chart, like the one above, except that it has all of these signs, colors, and lines. This is designed to provide you with the exact, mathematically...
How to Persuade Someone to Get a Hearing Test
We don’t need to explain to you the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a completely different kind of challenge: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing evaluated and treated. But how are you expected to get through...
5 Reasons Why People Deny Hearing Loss
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before pursuing a qualified professional diagnosis, notwithstanding the fact that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are very clear to other people. But are those with hearing loss simply too stubborn to...
What to Expect at Your Hearing Exam
If the unknown creates anxiety, then a visit to the hearing specialist is particularly stressful. While the majority of us have experience with the family physician and the hometown dentist, the trip to the hearing specialist could be a first. It certainly would be...
Exploring a Career in the Hearing Care Profession
While the majority of us keep current with our once-a-year physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we notoriously fail to think about the health of our hearing. And when our hearing does begin to worsen, it appears so gradually that we hardly notice and fail...
Avoiding the Biggest Mistake in Treating Your Hearing Loss
Do you recall the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetic wristbands that promised to deliver instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t see much of that marketing anymore; in 2008, the makers of the Q-Ray...
8 Reasons Hearing Loss is More Dangerous Than You Think
Hearing loss is hazardously sneaky. It creeps up on an individual through the years so gradually you hardly become aware of it , making it easy to deny or ignore. And afterwards, when you eventually recognize the signs and symptoms, you shrug it off as bothersome and...