Tinnitus is unfortunately a prevalent problem, affecting approximately 50 million Americans over the age of 50. Tinnitus causes people who have it to hear constant sounds “in their heads” that people around them can’t hear – buzzing or roaring sounds, high-pitched whistling or ringing, or rapid clicking. Many people “learn to live with” their tinnitus, […]
“Should I wear 1 or 2 hearing aids?” It is a relatively typical question stemming from the fact that hearing aids are a sizeable financial investment. The advice offered by the majority of audiologists and hearing specialists is that the advantages of using two hearing aids outweigh the difference in cost, but let’s begin with […]
Hearing aids and cellular phones have not always gotten along as well as they do now. The intricate electronics in both devices often triggered static, dropped words or squealing interference noises. Technology improvements along with new government regulations have largely eliminated this problem. Today cell phone – hearing aid compatibility is not the huge challenge […]
The hearing problem known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD (also called Auditory Processing Disorder, or APD) is based not on an inability to hear sounds correctly with the ears, but on the brain’s inability to process and interpret these sounds. The person with Central Auditory Processing Disorder hears sounds correctly but something adversely […]
One component of hearing loss that is not often discussed is the basic decrease in safety of people who have experienced it. For example, imagine that a fire breaks out in your home; if you are like most of us you have smoke alarms to sound an alert so that you and your loved ones […]
Hearing loss comes in various forms – it might occur gradually (for example, due to aging) or all of a sudden (as the result of an accident or trauma). Hearing loss may range between mild episodes of not hearing conversations properly to severe periods of being unable to hear at all, and can be either […]
To fully understand the difference between analog and digital hearing aids, it is important to first understand the history of analog vs digital, and the different ways that they amplify and process sounds. Analog hearing aids came out first, and were the norm in most hearing aids for a long time. Subsequently, with the introduction […]
Tinnitus (“TIN-a-tus” or “Tin-EYE-tus”) is the medical term for the sensation of hearing sound in your ears when no external sound is present. In most cases, tinnitus is a subjective noise, meaning only the sufferer can hear it. Typically, suffers describe the sound as “ringing in ears,” though others describe it as hissing, buzzing, whistling, […]
An estimated 20% of all Americans have some form of hearing loss, however, there is one portion of the population in which that percentage is significantly higher – veterans, especially those who have served in war zones. Hearing loss and tinnitus have become the most common service-related disabilities among troops who served in Afghanistan and […]
Hearing loss impacts people of every age. In fact, for every 1,000 babies born, 2 to 3 will be deaf or have some type of hearing impairment according to the National Institutes of Health. During childhood, hearing loss may arise from injury, disease, exposure to loud noises, or physical abnormalities in the ear. Whatever the […]
