The hearing healthcare marketplace has two barriers that prevent individuals from achieving healthier hearing: The inability to detect hearing loss in the first place (because of its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive fix. Regrettably, numerous people who have overcome the first barrier have been lured into the allegedly […]
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It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an inevitable problem linked with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s constant use of iPods. But the numbers show that the greater problem may be exposure to loud noise at work. In the United States, 22 million workers are exposed to potentially […]
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The adage “you get what you pay for” is definitely true of hearing aids, and though the latest hearing aids are designed to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly inexpensive, either. The good news is, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming more affordable, in the same manner that most consumer […]
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If we truly want to understand hearing loss, we have to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. Jointly, the two sides of hearing loss can wreak havoc on a person’s quality of life, as the physical […]
Most people are surprised to learn how young the discipline of audiology actually is, and just how recently its founding father established the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wanted to find the founding father of biology, for example, you’d have to go back in time by 2,300 years and read the The […]
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When it’s time to purchase a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, compare options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re ready to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re looking […]
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You’ve more than likely been told that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes today’s technology so much better? And what exactly can modern hearing aids accomplish […]
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Sometimes, it seems like we enjoy to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry named “List of common misconceptions” that includes hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I understand it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the web page and you’ll notice approximately 385 references to credible sources. As an example, did […]
You have just concluded your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now coming into the room and provides you with a graph, like the one above, except that it has all of these signs, colors, and lines. This is intended to explain to you the exact, mathematically precise characteristics of your hearing loss, but to […]
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We don’t need to inform you of the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a different kind of challenge: persuading someone you care for to get their hearing tested and treated. But exactly how are you expected to get through to someone who denies there is even an […]
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