Better Hearing Blog
Just by a Hair
According to the CDC, about 36 million Americans report some degree of hearing loss. More than 90 percent of these cases involve damage to “hair cells” in the inner ear, which convert...
Hearing Loss Goes Viral
The first step to take when hearing loss occurs is to schedule a medical evaluation. On the basis of this exam, the physician can determine whether the hearing impairment is due to an...
A New Tinnitus Treatment
“Tinnitus” (ringing or buzzing in the ears that occurs without an external source) is a symptom of age-related hearing loss and noise-induced hearing loss that affects about one...
The Most Popular Feature
Today’s digital hearing instruments sample the sounds in the user’s environment and use that data to continually adjust the sound that the user hears in accordance with his or her...
Instrumental Change
Being a musician has its challenges. From a hearing specialist’s standpoint, musicians must guard against noise-induced hearing loss. The best way for musicians to preserve their...
Features that Count
When choosing a hearing instrument, one of your primary goals is to better hear what people are saying to you. To this end, you will want to outfit your hearing instrument with...
For the Open-Minded
If you think that a Bluetooth headset wireless phone is an innovative piece of technology, take a look at the latest in hearing instrument technology. An "open-fit" hearing instrument...
Struggling to Keep Up The Conversation
It's bad enough when you struggle to keep up your end of the conversation for want of anything to say; worse yet is the inability to keep up your end because you cannot hear what is...
Waxing Poetic
While most people generally regard ear wax (“cerumen”) as something that should be removed from the ear canal, it plays an important role in maintaining the health of the ear. The...