HEARING TIPS
How Hearing Loss Can Affect Your Holiday Gatherings
Hearing loss can be one of the most trying health conditions that you can have. It prevents normal conversations from occurring and can complicate any relationship. This is especially difficult during the holiday season, when families gather together to celebrate and...
How Hearing Aids are Programmed
There are many different reasons why people have hearing aid devices. Some people have hearing that is only a little off, while others need intensive hearing support in order to hear everything perfectly. That is why an audiologist is the most logical choice for...
Brain Hearing Restores Optimal, Natural Hearing
Hearing aid technology has experienced a massive boom in the last twenty years. While they have become more fashionable and comfortable, too many people still view hearing aids as the bulky sort that was last seen before the turn of the century. That is why we are...
Current Research into Balance Disorders
Research on balance disorders is ongoing. Recent findings from studies supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) suggest that the vestibular system plays an important role in modulating blood pressure. The information...
How You Hear
Discover how to clear the way for better hearing. Hearing begins when soundwaves enter the outer ear (the visible portion of the ear located on the outside of the head) and are channeled down the auditory canal, a tube-like passageway lined with tiny hairs and small...
Balance Order FAQ
What is a balance disorder? A balance disorder can cause you to feel unsteady, giddy, woozy, or to have a sensation of movement, spinning, or floating. The source for this disorder can be linked to the brain, the nervous system and to an organ in the inner ear called...
Cochlear Implants FAQ
“Now I wake up each morning to the sound of birds” A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. The implant consists of an external portion that sits...
Hearing Aid Research News
Researchers are looking at ways to apply new signal processing strategies to the design of hearing aids. Signal processing is the method used to modify normal sound waves into amplified sound that is the best possible match to the remaining hearing for a hearing aid...
How the Balance System Works
Movement of fluid in the semicircular canals signals the brain about the direction and speed of head rotation. In other words, it lets the brain know if you are nodding your head up and down or looking right to left. Each semicircular canal has a bulbous end that...
Listening and Communication Enhancement Program
Whether you wear hearing instruments, are just acquiring devices, or simply wish to improve your listening skills, LACE – Listening and Communication Enhancement - training will help you get the most out of the sounds of life. Because it is a computerized,...