Archive for May, 2013

• Birds, Fish and Human Hearing Loss – New Research Into Regenerating Inner Ear Hair Cells

  • May 30th, 2013
  • Posted in Anatomy and Physiology
  • Tags: cochlea, Hearing Health Foundation, hearing loss, Hearing Restoration Project, inner ear hair cells, regenerating hair cells

  As hearing specialists, one of the sometimes frustrating things we encounter in our practice is that the conditions that have caused hearing problems in our patients cannot be reversed. Damage to the tiny, sensitive hair cells of the inner ear… Read More

• Might My Hearing Aid Amplify High Decibel Noises and Potentially Damage My Hearing Ability Further?

  • May 23rd, 2013
  • Posted in Choosing a Hearing Aid
  • Tags: adjusting hearing aids, hearing aids and loud noises, programmable hearing aids

  Patients in the process of being fitted for a hearing aid to help them hear faint sounds often ask what the hearing aid is going to do with sounds that are still too loud for them. The response to this… Read More

• Categories of Hearing Impairments: Introduction to the Main Types

  • May 15th, 2013
  • Posted in Hearing Loss
  • Tags: acoustic nerves, central hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, inner ear, middle ear, mixed hearing loss, outer ear, sensorineural hearing loss

  Hearing loss can take a variety of forms and arise from many different causes, and to understand them you need to understand the way we hear. We receive sounds via the outer ear, which is not only the portion of… Read More

• How Long Do My Hearing Aid Batteries Last?

  • May 8th, 2013
  • Posted in Caring for Your Hearing Aid
  • Tags: battery life, battery type, choosing a hearing aid, hearing aid batteries

  Even though the battery life for hearing aids might seem an easy question to answer, it actually depends on a variety of factors. Just how long a battery will last is dependent upon who manufactured it, and can even vary… Read More