Communicating with the Hearing Impaired: Strategies for Success
If a spouse, family member or close friend is diagnosed with hearing loss in San Rafael, they will doubtless experience some dramatic changes to their way of life. There are steps you can take in order to help those you care about adjust to their hearing impairment; the most important is learning how to communicate…
New Sonoma Location!
We are excited to announce that San Francisco Audiology’s new Sonoma location is now open! Located at 752 Broadway in Sonoma, CA, this office will offer the following services: Hearing Tests Hearing Aid Fitting Hearing Aid Cleaning Hearing Aid Repairs In addition, we will also offer teleaudiology services. For more information or to schedule an…
Does Your Ear or Your Brain Hear?
If you’re like most people in San Francisco with a basic understanding of the hearing process, you probably assume your ears are responsible for hearing. In reality, your brain does most of the work! We’re not saying your ears aren’t important. After all, you need them to keep your sunglasses from falling off. OK, they…
San Francisco Audiology Celebrates March 3, World Hearing Day
Hearing loss in the U.S. has reached record numbers San Francisco, CA, February 25, 2019—In 2007, the World Health Organization designated March 3 as World Hearing Health Day in order to raise awareness to the growing numbers of those suffering from hearing loss and the importance of hearing health care. In 2017, the NIH National…
“Working” to Prevent OTJ Hearing Loss
Many of us aren’t particularly keen on rolling out of bed on Monday morning and facing a brand-new work week, but if you want to keep a roof over your head and food in the fridge, a job is necessary (unless you’re a Powerball winner). Or maybe you’re one of those people who is passionate…
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Ground You
It should be plane to anybody who has traveled by air in recent years that the skies aren’t nearly as friendly as they used to be. Cramped seating, oversold flights, lengthy delays, reduced meal service and misrouted luggage are only the tip of the iceberg; for those with hearing loss in Walnut Creek and other…
Is it Time to Upgrade Your Hearing Aids?
People in San Rafael with hearing aids are already taking the most important step they can in treating their hearing impairment. For the majority of patients with hearing loss, these devices help restore the ability to communicate and promise significant quality of life improvements. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever; eventually, you’ll need to upgrade your hearing…
Stand Up to Noise Pollution
Bay Area residents occasionally contend with hazy skies obscuring those spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. As unsightly as this may be, not all pollution is so clearly visible. Noise pollution is a growing problem not only in the San Francisco Bay Area, but throughout the world. And it’s one we…
How to Choose a Hearing Aid
If you’ve been diagnosed with hearing loss in Walnut Creek, you are no doubt trying to adjust to a completely brand-new way of life. Fortunately, most cases of hearing loss can be treated quite effectively with hearing aids. With a large variety of choices available, narrowing down your selection may feel intimidating. Don’t worry –…
Can Hearing Aids Help Treat Tinnitus?
If you’re on a BART train with nine other people, first of all, congratulations: this clearly isn’t rush hour! Look to your left, and now to your right. According to the law of averages, two of you are experiencing tinnitus, a ringing in the ears. If you wear hearing aids – and as long as…