Better Hearing Blog
Easy Does It!
There is little question that hearing instruments used to treat age-related hearing loss help hearing-impaired seniors hear their conversation partners better. Seniors fitted with...
Perforated Eardrum
When the thin membrane that separates the ear canal and the middle ear (the “eardrum”) is pierced or becomes ruptured, there will be decreased hearing and possibly a liquid discharge....
Hearing Instrument for Active Types
If you swim, play tennis, or participate in other outdoor activities, you will want a hearing instrument that can keep up with your active lifestyle. To meet this challenge, there is...
Getting Into Sync
If you have ever watched a movie in which the audio track was out of synch with the visual images, you know that it is difficult to watch. In order for the brain to figure out what...
Open House June 7th to 9th!
Introducing Oticon Opn a new hearing device that helps listeners hear and understand in noise like never before. This new hearing aid utilizes a new signal processing platform to...
Personal Advice
If you find it difficult to hear your conversation partners, you are probably suffering from age-related hearing loss (“presbycusis”). The only way to confirm this diagnosis is to...
Improving Memory and Brain Function
It is already known that hearing-impaired adults can improve their mood, social lives, and quality of life by availing themselves of the use of a hearing instrument. The most recent...
By the Numbers
One of the most important characteristics of a hearing instrument is the number of “frequency channels” it has. Sounds are processed and amplified by a hearing instrument on the basis...
WHO Says
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared that the single largest cause of preventable hearing loss is exposure to loud noise, such as that associated with loud music and...