This week’s Big Question is one we get from spouses, adult children, and other family members all the time. Why doesn’t my loved one wear their hearing aids? Whether they are asking about their husband, wife, mom, dad, grandparent, or friend, it can be so difficult to...
With the rise of headphones and earbuds, many of us are choosing to listen to music or other sounds directly into our ears. This is especially true for the younger generations, leading many of their parents and grandparents to wonder whether they might be causing...
We previously wrote a post about communicating with someone who is wearing a mask. Now that we are all required to wear one whenever we leave the house, patients have become aware of another major problem with them. Many hearing aids are worn behind the ear- and many...
Can COVID-19 cause hearing loss? The arrival of COVID-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has taken the world by storm. With such a new virus, scientists and doctors are learning new things about the symptoms, outcomes, and management almost every day. A few months ago, it...
If you’ve noticed an issue with your ears or hearing, you might not know where to turn. Asking around, or looking on Google, you might find that several medical professionals focus on either the ears or hearing, most commonly Audiologists, and Ear, Nose and Throat...
One of the complaints that Audiologists get about new hearing aids is that they do not help with the TV. A lot of the time this has to do with the sound being processed too much – being sent out from a speaker in the phone or at the TV, picked up by the hearing...
