Hearing Health Blog

Benjamin Franklin got it right when he said “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Just as you would take preventative measures to protect yourself from heart disease or diabetes, it pays to protect yourself from occupational hearing loss and hearing problems caused by exposure to loud music, power motors, and sport […]

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There are a variety of good reasons why Central Auditory Processing Disorder, abbreviated CAPD, is challenging to diagnose correctly. The problem is not because the child cannot hear words and phrases being directed at them, but because their brains lack the ability to process and interpret the words and understand their meaning, which means that […]

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"What hearing aid battery kind do I need?" is a tough question give a single answer to, because there are many different types of hearing aids, and each takes a battery that matches it and offers adequate energy to power it. For anyone that currently owns a hearing aid the user manual should clearly indicate […]

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Could excessively noisy environments at work be damaging your hearing? Hearing loss has many root causes, but the most prevalent continues to be noise-induced hearing loss. If you work in one of the following high-noise occupations, you have reason to be concerned about your hearing.The Centers for Disease Control reports that 30 million workers are […]

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The eardrum is required for hearing because it detects sound waves and transmits the vibrations to the brain, but it also functions as a shield to isolate the inner ear and keep infection free. Your inner ear is basically a safe, sterile environment when your eardrum is undamaged, but if it has been punctured or […]

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Vertigo – the sensation of motion in which the person or the person’s surroundings seem to spin and move – is, typically an unpleasant experience. Feelings of vertigo can disrupt balance and lead to falls which can be critical in the elderly; vertigo might also be combined with dizziness, sensations of spinning in space, and […]

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Researching hearing aids can be difficult if you are unfamiliar with the large number of acronyms commonly used to identify popular styles. This list encompasses the majority of the abbreviations you are likely to encounter when looking at hearing aids and provides a short description of each one. The very best approach to fully grasp […]

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To begin with an attempt at weak humor, the “speech banana” is not related to the old skit, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The thing that the “speech banana” represents is a distinct pattern found in the results of an audiogram, which is a graphical representation of an individual’s […]

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America has a strong history of gun usage, based to some extent on the movies and TV we grew up with, which showed us pictures of policemen and cowboys shooting guns pretty much all the time. These images appear to have created a lasting impression, because millions of people still enjoy firing guns, either at […]

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What is the exact difference between a personal sound amplifier (PSA) and a hearing aid? One difference is that the PSA is being aggressively marketed to the consumer giving rise to quite a lot of confusion. You generally don’t see similar ads for hearing aids because they are medical devices according to the Food & […]

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