Could your work be causing hearing loss? Hearing loss has lots of underlying causes, but the most prevalent remains noise-induced hearing loss. For those who work in one of the following high-noise occupations, you have cause to be concerned about your hearing.The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 30 million workers are subjected to dangerous […]
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Comparing hearing aids can be hard if you’re unfamiliar with the numerous abbreviations commonly used to describe basic types. The following list encompasses most of the abbreviations you will come across when investigating hearing aids and presents a brief explanation of each one. The most effective approach to truly understand the distinctions is to compare […]
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Have you noticed advertisements for low cost “personal sound amplifiers” (PSAs) on television or in magazines lately? These ads are contributing to confusion about the difference between PSAs and hearing aids. The reason you don’t see very many advertising campaigns for hearing aids is because they are medical devices, monitored by the Food & Drug […]
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If you have kids, at some point they will ask you to purchase them headphones to use with their gaming systems, music players and computers. Not any big shock there. On balance, headphones often provide a better experience when used in combination with various entertainment and learning multimedia. Because the request is inevitable, here are […]
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I’m sorry to let you down, but the “speech banana” is not an innovative new super fruit; it isn’t even edible.The “speech banana” is a distinctive design depicted on an audiogram. Audiograms are plots of sound frequency (on the horizontal axis) and loudness (on the y axis). During a hearing evaluation, each test sound is […]
Dr. Brown and Cleveland ENT, Physician Hearing Centers are proud to present our new practice video. The video provides a good introduction to our unique practice of the Doctor/Audiologist team working together to help our patients solve their hearing problems. We take great pride in looking at the whole patient and how they interact in […]
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Americans really like their guns. Some of this interest derives from movies and TV where policemen, cowboys and bad guys are wearing their guns with delight and regularly firing at each other. Regular encounters with these images is one of myriad of reasons that you will find so many American gun owners who greatly enjoy […]
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Do you have hearing difficulties? If yes, do you occasionally find that it seems like work just to understand what the people around you are saying? You aren’t the only one. The feeling that listening and understanding is tiring work is typical among individuals with hearing impairment – even the ones that wear hearing aids. […]
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Sound is an essential part of our lives, but like most things, its influence on us depends upon both the quality and quantity of the sounds we hear. For example, for most of us, listening to music we enjoy is calming and relaxing, but turn the volume of that music up too loud – for […]
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“Should I replace or repair an older hearing aid?” is one of the more frequent questions we are asked. The answer is “Depends.” The question of whether to replace or repair depends on many factors, and the “right answer” is particular to the person asking the question. For starters, it should be noted that hearing […]
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