Hearing Blog – March 2024

Sometimes it happens.  You catch yourself kinda half stepping or leaning a bit too far or too quick. If you feel off balance or sometimes dizzy there is help available.  Our hearing mechanism controls so many intricate details in our lives.  Our ears provide many wonderful things for us.  They of course give us the […]

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Communicate…Communicate…COMMUNICATE!   You have taken the time to investigate your hearing needs and probably / hopefully you were educated properly and received help for your hearing loss.   The steps that you have gone through with your Hearing Health Care Provider build the foundation of the relationship that you both should enjoy for many years to come.  […]

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There are several different levels of technology that hearing instruments are available in.   During the course of a consultation we take the time and effort to explain the limitations and benefits of each.  Most hearing manufacturers offer 5-6 levels of “new technology” … while older technology is also available from most as well.  So what […]

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This just in—even more evidence to support that hearing aids can be beneficial to our brain health: A new study found that, for older adults at risk for cognitive decline, hearing aids were shown to reduce the risk by nearly half.  The study, known as the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders study—or ACHIEVE study, […]

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Today you have choices in how to power your hearing aids.  There are hearing aids batteries of several different sizes and also rechargeable hearing aids of several different sizes.  Starkey just yesterday announced the release date of their latest innovation.  The World’s smallest rechargeable completely in the canal hearing instrument.  There are actually 3 tiny […]

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We know that past studies have associated hearing loss with depression and it’s no surprise why: When it’s difficult to hear, it’s difficult to communicate—which can lead to social isolation and eventually, depression. But what makes today’s fact stand out is that it highlights one of the first studies to directly link hearing aids with a reduced risk of […]

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