Hearing Blog – March 2026

It’s that time of year… springtime.  Beautiful, breezy “wanna be outside” weather.  Along with all this beauty comes blooming flowers and LOTS of POLLEN!!  It is the return of seasonal allergies, often referred to as allergic rhinitis and often triggered by airborne pollen from trees, grasses and various weeds.  Most people associate allergies with itchy […]

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Fitting Hearing Instruments and the Audiology world is an very interesting field to be in.  Our office has been helping our community to hear and communicate consistently for 58 years.  Personally, I have been fitting hearing instruments since 1981.  This is a fun and rewarding profession that I have the opportunity to partake in every […]

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 Here are 10 top ways better hearing can contribute to healthy aging: 1. Better hearing is linked to a reduced risk of dementia Did you know that hearing loss was named the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia by the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care? It’s true. Research continues to emerge […]

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How many times have you finally gotten around to do something and said to yourself or others that you can’t believe you waited so long.  Perhaps you kicked yourself for waiting so long.  Many things that we put off for ourselves can fall into that category. Hearing Instruments usually fall into that category.  Everyone is […]

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One of the greatest challenges for people with hearing loss is to understand speech in noisy environments such as restaurants and social gatherings.  Traditional hearing aids of the past would have to amplify most sounds evenly.  Thus, many times the background noise was as loud as the speech.  Using filters and frequency responses to adjust […]

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For many of us, nothing says “nuisance” like earwax—that annoying, sticky substance inside our ears. Despite the negative connotation, earwax is actually more of a friend than foe to our well-being. First and foremost, earwax (also called cerumen) maintains and protects the skin inside the ear, preventing damaging elements like dirt and bacteria from getting […]

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 There are no two ears that are physically the same; not even our own.   One ear lobe might be longer than the other.  The right ear canal may be narrower than the left.  It always seems like one ear gets more wax than the other.   It also hold true that no two hearing losses are […]

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According to the World Health Organization there are hundreds of millions of adults worldwide that live with disabling hearing loss, and the number continues to grow as populations age.  Many people view hearing loss as a minor inconvenience however;  research shows its impact extends far beyond the need to have the tv turned up louder. […]

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