Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD, is a challenging condition to diagnose correctly for several good reasons. Conventional hearing tests don’t consistently identify CAPD because the condition stems from the brain, not the ears. Kids with CAPD can hear spoken… Read More
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What Type of Battery Do I Buy for My Hearing Aid?
It’s tricky to offer a definitive response to the question “What size of hearing aid battery do I buy?” because hearing aid models and designs vary widely, and so do the batteries that they use to power them. The easiest… Read More
Definition of a Perforated Eardrum
The eardrum is required for hearing because it vibrates in response to sound waves and transmits the vibrations to the brain, but it also provides a shield to seal off the inner ear and keep infection free. If your eardrum… Read More
Style Collection – A Breakdown of Modern Hearing Aid Alternatives
Researching hearing aids can be challenging if you are not familiar with the many acronyms commonly used to identify common styles. The following collection includes most of the abbreviations you are likely to encounter when researching hearing aids and provides… Read More
What is the Meaning of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo or BPPV?
Vertigo – the sensation of motion where the person or the person’s surroundings seem to spin and move – is, typically an unpleasant event. Feelings of vertigo can disrupt balance and lead to falls that can be serious in the… Read More
Shopping for Headphones for Your Kids
If you have children, sooner or later they will ask you to purchase them headphones that they can use with their music players, computers, and gaming systems. And there are reasons for this, because headphones can improve the experience of… Read More
Precisely What do Speech Bananas and Audiograms Have To Do With Hearing?
“Speech bananas” are not afternoon snacks for audiologists.It’s a reference to the placement of sounds in an audiogram – a graphical representation of an individual’s hearing acuity within a range of volumes and frequencies. Audiograms are typically graphed with the… Read More
Which Type of Ear Protection Should Recreational Shooters Use
America has a strong history of gun usage, based to some degree on the movies and television programs we knew as a kids, which showed us images of policemen and cowboys firing guns almost all the time. The impression from… Read More
PSAs Are Not Made for for People with Hearing Loss
What is the exact difference between a hearing aid and a personal sound amplifier (PSA)? One big difference is that the PSA is being heavily advertised in recent months generating a lot of confusion. One reason you don’t see as… Read More