Archive for January, 2013

• My Ability to Hear is Getting Worse – Why is This Happening?

  • January 26th, 2013
  • Posted in Hearing Loss
  • Tags: aging, conductive, menieres, NIHL, otosclerosis, presbycusis, sensorineural

  When treating patients, this is one of the questions most often asked of us. If you are concerned that you are experiencing some hearing loss, you are not alone, because the hearing of over 22 million Americans has become somewhat… Read More

• New Life for Your Old Hearing Aid

  • January 19th, 2013
  • Posted in Caring for Your Hearing Aid
  • Tags: Hear NOW, Lions Club, recycling, Sertoma, used hearing aids

  We are often asked about what to do with unwanted, used hearing aids. This query arises a lot more than you may expect for a variety of reasons. You may have just replaced your previous one with a better unit,… Read More

• Symptoms of Tinnitus

  • January 12th, 2013
  • Posted in Tinnitus
  • Tags: hearing loss, objective tinnitus, pulsatile tinnitus, ringing in the ears, subjective tinnitus, tinnitus

  Tinnitus (pronounced either tin-NYE-tus or TIN-ni-tus according to the American Tinnitus Association) is defined as hearing sounds that in most cases no one else can hear. Experienced generally more often by men over the age of 50, tinnitus appears to… Read More

• History and Origins of Hearing Aids

  • January 5th, 2013
  • Posted in Hearing Aid Technology
  • Tags: digital hearing aids, hearing aid history, innovation, technology

  The strategy originally used as a hearing aid remains in use to this day, the instinctual desire to cup your hand behind your ear to better capture sounds so that you can hear them. Born out of necessity, the earliest… Read More