Oct 21, 2020 | Music and Hearing Loss
Throughout these many months of COVID-mandated isolation, fans of live music have pined for the sweet sounds and social interaction of in-person concerts. Plenty of artists have live-streamed mini concerts, but the often-thunderous volume of rock music is nowhere to...
Oct 21, 2020 | Hearing Aids
Audiologists and hearing aid specialists often classify a hearing aid fitting as an “open fit” or a “closed fit” device. An open fit simply means that the earbud/dome or earmold allows sound to pass through it and into the ear canal mostly unhindered, so you receive...
Oct 21, 2020 | Advice for Consumers
If you get a check-up once a year, you’re used to tests for blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, and more, but what about hearing? Obviously, if you experience hearing loss, you should ask your doctor about it and/or seek help from a licensed hearing care...
Oct 21, 2020 | Government Assistance
Medicare does not cover hearing aids or exams for adult hearing aid fittings. The clear-cut language at Medicare.gov briefly hammers the point home with one additional sentence: “You pay 100% for hearing aids and exams.” On the other hand, some...
Oct 21, 2020 | Professional Care
By Claudia M. Caruana Most folks who wear hearing aids will tell you that their first telephone call to a hearing care office for a hearing evaluation and fitting for hearing aids was “difficult.” After all, “being old” still is something society associates with...
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