Oct 22, 2020 | Physical and Mental Health
Opinion | A Professional Perspective Thoughts from a hearing care professional with hearing impairment on hearing aid benefits not often discussed with patients Editor’s note: The following was taken from the July 1996 Hearing Review article, “Sighs...
Oct 21, 2020 | Advice for Consumers
1) The good news: Just about any hearing problem can now be solved through today’s advanced hearing aids and/or other devices. There is no longer a hearing loss that exists today that cannot be helped by some form of technology. Today, we have PSAP and...
Oct 21, 2020 | Alarms and Alerting Devices, Hearing Aids
There is a wide variety of amplification devices. Most of the distinctions between these products rely on how the FDA views and regulates them and their intended uses, and some of the categories overlap or are a little confusing and vague. Here are some basic...
Oct 21, 2020 | Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
Tinnitus is the evil companion of hearing loss. As a general guideline, some audiologists and researchers acribe to the 80/80 rule: they estimate 80% of people with tinnitus—or ringing in the ears—have hearing loss, and 80% of people with hearing loss have some...
Oct 21, 2020 | Hearing Aids, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
At first it doesn’t make sense. If you’re hearing is going, why is it so difficult to deal with loud sounds? Audiologists call the phenomenon hyperacusis, and it’s defined as the abnormal growth of loud sounds that become painful, so much so that sufferers start...
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