Eardrums are vital, playing two vitally important roles in hearing. First of all they vibrate when sound waves hit them. Second they provide a barrier that safeguards the inner ear from infection. Whenever your eardrum is intact, your inner ear is essentially a protected and sterile environment; but once it has been perforated or torn, […]
Could your work be contributing to your hearing loss? Extreme noise levels are one of the most frequent reasons for hearing damage. For those who work in one of the following high-noise professions, you have cause to be concerned about your hearing.An estimated 30 million workers risk unsafe noise exposure at work according to the […]
Comparing hearing aids can be difficult if you’re unfamiliar with the large number of acronyms commonly used to identify popular types. The following list includes the vast majority of the acronyms you will run into when looking into hearing aids and presents a short description of each one. The most effective way to really understand […]
Vertigo – the perception of movement in which the individual or the individual’s surroundings appear to spin and move – is, typically an undesirable event. The feelings of vertigo sometimes include spinning or falling sensations and dizziness. When vertigo impacts balance, it can lead to falls and injuries – particularly in the elderly. More extreme […]
If you have kids, at some point they will ask you to buy them headphones that they can use with their music players, computers, and gaming systems. Headphones can enhance children’s experience with these entertainment and learning media, but there are some characteristics you should look for when shopping for these headphones. The first consideration […]
I’m sorry to let you down, but the “speech banana” is not an innovative new super fruit; it isn’t even edible.Speech banana is a reference to the placement of sounds in an audiogram – a graphic representation of someone’s hearing acuity inside a range of volumes and frequencies. Audiograms are typically graphed with the frequency […]
America has a robust history of gun use, based to some extent on the TV and movies we grew up with, which contained pictures of cowboys and policemen shooting guns almost all the time. These visuals appear to have created a lasting impression, because millions of people still enjoy shooting guns, either at shooting ranges […]
There’s a lot of misinformation with regards to the difference between these two categories of devices, and that confusion is elevated by how many advertisements that you see for inexpensive personal sound amplifiers (PSAs), compared with how relatively few you see for hearing aids. One reason you don’t see as many advertisements for hearing aids […]
Discover how to clear the way for better hearing Hearing begins when sound waves enter the outer ear (the visible portion of the ear located on the outside of the head) and are channeled down the auditory canal, a tube-like passageway lined with tiny hairs and small glands that produce ear wax. At the end […]
“Everyone noticed the improvement in my hearing, but nobody noticed my new hearing aid” We are proud to be one of the select offices in the United States to offer Lyric hearing aids to our patients. Lyric is the first extended wear hearing device that is 100% invisible. Singing the Praises of Lyric A recent […]
