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Answering Machine with Slow Speech
Understanding the name and phone number of a caller is very difficult for hearing impaired people. My patients also say that it is very difficult to under- stand information left on their answering machines. If…
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Benefits of Binaural Amplification
Many years ago it was com- mon for people to be fit with one hearing aid even if they had loss in both ears. Then in the 1980’s a study came out of the Veteran’s…
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Speechreading
In the past people spoke of “lipreading.” The term these days isn’t “lipreading,” but rather “speechreading.” The change has come because we are really look- ing at people’s facial expressions, arm gestures, postures, etc. and…
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Phonak Event A Great Success
Our recent Phonak Event was a great success. Thanks everyone who turned out for it. If you missed it, but are interested in hearing about the newest technology from Phonak, please give us a call…
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Cerumen Management
Cerumen is the official term for ear wax. This may seem a funny topic for a newsletter, but in our office earwax management is a daily issue for our patients’ ears and hearing aids. Earwax…
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Protect Your Hearing
Exposure to loud noise is one of the most common reasons for people to have hearing loss and it is nearly 100% preventable! In our country, approximately 36 million people have hearing loss and one…
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Donating Hearing Aids
We are often asked what our patients should do with an old set of hearing aid that is no longer needed for backup. The Lions Club accepts donations of all behind the ear and in…
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Mercury Free Batteries
The batteries that you are using in your hearing aids are zinc air bat- teries and I was surprised to learn recently that they have about 10% mercury in them. The battery manufacturers have all…
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Hearing Protection Devices
If you must be exposed to loud noise, wearing hearing protec- tion in the form of earplugs or earmuffs is recommended. The least expensive type of hearing protection is the foam plug that you can…