Reasons To Make a Hearing Test Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. As you prepare to look ahead to 2023, you’re probably thinking about the goals you want to achieve and experiences you hope to enjoy. If you have hearing loss, having a hearing test and seeking treatment can help ensure you make the most…
Waterproof & Water-Resistant Hearing Aids: What’s the Difference?
An article published in the journal Trends in Amplification listed “performance in quiet settings, comfort, feedback, frequency of battery replacement, purchase price, water and sweat resistance, and performance in noisy settings” as the top requested hearing aid features among consumers. In this post, we focus on the feature “water and sweat resistance” – more specifically,…
Communication Strategies for People With Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are an absolute life-changer for anyone with hearing loss. They make everything from going to the symphony to catching up with your grandchildren at The Ice Cream Bar easier and more enjoyable. However, it’s important to remember that hearing aids aren’t magical devices that can offer you perfect hearing in every environment. After…
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Increase Accessibility to Treatment
If you’ve heard of over-the-counter hearing aids, then you may have also heard you don’t need a prescription to purchase them. While they are convenient to buy and often cheaper than the prescription hearing aid alternative, patients will benefit from a licensed medical professional’s oversight. They can function as a self-serve option, but did you…
Navigating Different Listening Environments with Hearing Aids
Throughout our day, we can find ourselves in many different listening environments. Whether you’re enjoying a quiet morning at home, working in a bustling office, or listening to live music during a night out at Sheba Piano Lounge, you want to make sure your hearing aids provide the best listening experience in any environment. How…
How to Make the Most of Phone Calls When You Use Hearing Aids
Whether you have hearing loss or not, talking on the phone and being able to follow along with your conversation partner can be challenging. This is because, not only is sound distorted, but visual cues are missing. If you have hearing loss and wear hearing aids, we provide tips to help you make the most…
How Often Should I Get My Hearing Tested?
Most people make regular checkups a part of their medical care. Annual physicals, dental exams and vision tests are all commonplace. Fewer individuals pay as much attention to their hearing, however. How often you get your hearing tested depends on your age. Newborn hearing screenings are essential, of course, and regular checkups throughout childhood are…
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Prevent You From Dining Out
Individuals with hearing loss have difficulty communicating in environments with excessive background noise, such as busy restaurants. Rather than face the prospect of trying to enjoy a good meal while dealing with competing conversations, clanging silverware and dishes and distracting music, many choose to skip the experience altogether. But you don’t have to consign yourself…
Try These Activities to Get Used to Your Hearing Aids
If you are new to hearing aids, it’s important to know that they can take a little bit of time to get used to using. A focus group of hearing aid users in 2014 concluded that “getting used to hearing aids is a challenging multi-factorial process with both psychosocial and practical difficulties besides demands of…
What Are the Different Parts of a Hearing Aid?
Hearing aids are small, complex medical devices that help you hear by amplifying sounds to a level your ears can detect. Several parts work together to make this happen, which we review below. Microphone The first step in the amplification process is the microphone picks up sounds in your environment and converts them into electrical…