Over five percent of the world’s population experience disabling hearing loss at some point in their lifetime, with hearing loss affecting 48 million Americans alone, it is clearly something that a large number of us will experience. A third of people aged between 65 and 74 experience some form of hearing [...]
By Samuel (Sam) Johnson, B.A., AuD Extern As Covid-19 has become a daily concern, masks have become an essential tool to limit transmission of the virus. Unfortunately, masks have an adverse effect on speech understanding especially for those with hearing loss. Not only do they reduce important pitches for [...]
Hearing aids are versatile tools. They are designed to improve hearing and can capture both soft sounds and loud noises. While using a hearing aid, one can adapt the volume’s settings according to their hearing preferences or necessities. For example, users can increase the volume when watching television or [...]
When you are dealing with hearing loss, the next step is to speak to an audiologist about what you can do next. One of the many hearing tests that they will talk to you about is pure-tone audiometry testing. It's the most used hearing test around, and the reason [...]
Tinnitus is a condition that affects between 15 and 20 percent of people, yet so many of us know so little about it! While this is a rather obscure condition, it’s good to know the basics of it, as well as its potential causes. This will allow you [...]
The history of hearing aids is a truly interesting one. From animal horns to modern digital aids, hearing aids have come a long way since their early origins in the 13th century and they’re bound to take leaps and bounds forward in years to come too! To bring [...]
Your ears are important organ, they interpret the sound waves sent to your brain and also help you to keep your balance. In your ears is a canal that enables the influx of sound waves and the outflow of ear wax. There are, however, times when your [...]
Far from popular belief, audiologists treat patients for more than just hearing loss. Anything to do with your ear, which includes hearing, balance, pain and tinnitus, can be treated by these specialists. There is a range of treatments for every condition, but it's important that you have an [...]
At first, it may not seem like a big deal, but ringing in the ears can become more than background noise. It can develop into something that is quite noticeable and no matter how hard you try to escape it tinnitus will just become more and more [...]
When managing hearing loss, it is important to work with an audiologist to take a hearing test and discuss the audiogram. This will help you understand your hearing loss and the steps that may need to be taken next. If your audiologist recommends a hearing aid as your [...]
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