While our ears are very complex…they still must use the brain to make sense of the signals that are being gathered. The sound waves move and stimulate nerves in the inner ear and then the brain must translate the signal into meaningful words. The brain is actually receiving signals from the inner ear that is […]
Top 5 Traits of Healthy Aging Achievable Through Better Hearing
Feb 5, 2025It’s a time when we celebrate the positive aspects of growing older. And believe it or not, there are lots—everything from gaining a greater acceptance of ourselves to acquiring wisdom from our life experiences. What does healthy aging mean to you? Interestingly enough, more than 21,000 adults aged 55 and older were surveyed with that very question last […]
Learning How to Hear Again
Feb 5, 2025Why do you think people put off correcting their hearing? Right off the bat… many will say that it is because hearing instruments are expensive. While that may be an underlying concern… usually it is not the primary reason. Often patients actually admit that they put off getting their hearing corrected due to the anxiety […]
Stimulate your brains
Jan 23, 2025The new year is off and running! The Christmas season is done and it is time for new beginnings. Many of us make resolutions of better health and better fitness. I encourage you to add social activity to that list. Being socially active helps us to stay mentally active. Mentally sharp. Plus being around others makes […]
Do You Love Music
Jan 22, 2025Do you Love Love LOVE Music? We appreciate music for the way it makes us feel; how it touches our souls. It has the ability to take us back 30 years or more in a split second. People who have hearing loss often complain about the quality of music, with or without their hearing instruments. […]
Hearing Our Voice Through a Hearing Aid
Jan 20, 2025Sometimes when fitting hearing aids it comes up… “My voice sounds funny.” Everyone describes it differently maybe it is tinny. Perhaps brassy or harsh. Sometimes their voice is described as really deep. “It sounds like I am hearing over something metallic.” Sometimes its a combination. Today it was tinny and reverberating. Many people will speak […]
Untreated Hearing Loss Can Increase Risk of Falls
Jan 16, 2025According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 4 older adults report falling each year—that’s over 14 million people. Unfortunately, the likelihood of falls increases as we get older, and one common contributor may surprise you—untreated hearing loss. Yes, you read that correctly: Studies prove that untreated hearing loss can increase the risk of falls […]
Hearing Loss, Social Isolation, and How Hearing Aids Can Help
Jan 3, 2025Most of us are probably aware that loneliness isn’t good for us—but today’s fact offers the hard-hitting reality of just how bad isolation can be for our overall health. Considered as risky as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, loneliness has also been named an urgent health threat by US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. So, why report […]
A Christmas Jingle
Dec 24, 2024Wasn’t the cool weather last week just a treat?! Don’t hate me! My blood has thinned down over the years since I moved down here from Michigan back in 1980… but my yankee blood still likes a little chill around the holidays. The Christmas spirit is in the air. Patients coming into the office seem […]
Let Better Hearing Bring Out the Best in Your Holidays
Dec 17, 2024As the holiday season approaches, there’s no denying it’s about to get busy for many of us (ho, ho, ho, that’s an understatement, right?). The preparations can be as eventful as the big days themselves—everything from planning the perfect menus to scrambling for gifts for everyone on our lists. We plan ahead not only to ensure […]
Stay Engaged With Hearing Loss
Dec 16, 2024Social skills are acquired, learned and fine-tuned throughout our life. Whether a person is young or older…if they have a hearing loss then their ability to communicate easily and appropriately may be lacking. A hearing loss often effects a person’s self-esteem. Often their views of society and their surrounding may be quite different than someone […]
Hearing Loss Effects Everyone
Dec 12, 2024Our legacy, our ancestry can often reveal the journey of our future. If we investigate our past there will be some key pointers about our future. Many situations can change our life. Some things will change it for the better and while others will have negative effects. Many of our soldiers end up with PTSD […]
Hearing Screenings Typically Absent from Routine Doctor Exams
Dec 4, 2024Today’s fact headlining the lack of hearing screenings at routine doctor exams may surprise you—or not. If you’re surprised: It’s probably because you’ve been keeping up with the mounting research that strongly links hearing loss with dementia, cognitive decline, depression, loneliness, and falls. If you’re not surprised: You may be familiar with the current state of shorter appointments in the U.S. and let’s […]
There can be tinnitus relief
Nov 29, 2024Several months ago I had a patient at my office and I was asked how do you attack tinnitus? Tinnitus is defined as a variety of different noises that are heard inside your head. It may be a ringing, roaring, rushing, chirping, clicking, and even music or voices. It can be minimal or it can drive […]
Why some babies are born deaf
Nov 29, 2024We officially have started the holiday season. Its a time for love and reflection. We find ourselves counting our blessings. At the forefront of our blessings are our families. While we are enjoying dinners and celebrations it is important to stay healthy at the same time. Unfortunately, the holiday season also brings colds, and the […]
Hearing Loss Can Make Us Socially Withdraw
Nov 18, 2024Today’s fact raises awareness of two of the biggest detriments of hearing loss—loneliness and social isolation. And they are not a huge surprise, when you think about it: Humans are social creatures, and when hearing, communicating, and interacting become more challenging due to hearing loss, it’s naturally easier to decline invitations, ship and transact online, and just […]
Introducing Edge AI: Our Best Hearing Aids Yet
Nov 1, 2024Just when you thought Starkey’s hearing technology had reached the summit of possibility for hearing aid wearers everywhere, we top it with a hearing aid that takes better hearing and living to a whole new level. Introducing all new Edge Al. From its pure, clean sound and dependable durability to its multiple health, wellness and […]
How to Know If You Have Hearing Loss
Oct 18, 2024Not sure if you have hearing loss? That’s not uncommon. Hearing loss symptoms are subtle and typically emerge slowly. It frequently takes years for people to realize they have hearing loss. Also, we simply don’t test our hearing enough. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that “less than half of adults who […]
What is Mild Hearing Loss?
Oct 4, 2024Mild hearing loss is anything but mild. In fact, mild is a bit of a misnomer, especially when it comes to hearing loss. According to audiologists and hearing specialists, someone with mild hearing loss is unable to hear sounds quieter than 25 dB. However, any hearing loss threshold between 26-40 dB is classified as mild […]
This just in: wearing hearing aids may help you live longer
Sep 16, 2024It’s no secret that treating hearing loss with hearing aids gives us the life-changing benefit of never missing a moment. But this just in: A brand-new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity Journal has revealed that hearing aids may also be life-lengthening—by nearly 25 percent. While the study had us at “live longer,” we wanted to know more and thought you […]
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