How Loud is Too Loud?
I know I’ve written about this subject before, I tested a high school aged boy last week who had what appeared to be noise induced hearing loss and I think this information is worth repeating. One of the most common causes of hearing loss in the United States is loud noise. It can be loud…
Hearing Loss and Dementia
Recent research has shown a connection between hearing loss and dementia. The reason for the link between the two conditions is unknown, but the researchers suggest that a common pathology may underlie both conditions or that the strain of understanding speech over the years may overwhelm the brains of people with hearing loss, leaving them…
Two Hearing Aids Are Better Than One
If your audiologist recommends two hearing aids for you and you can afford two aids, the following is a long list of reasons to wear two aids: – Balanced sound. You will be hearing in stereo. – Better sound quality. With two aids the volume doesn
Safety and Hearing Aids
Sometimes safety is the reason that a hearing impaired person finally relents and gets hearing aids. I
Hearing Aids Require Maintenance
Just this week I
The Hazards of Fireworks
I have written about the hazards of noise exposure in this blog before, but I feel compelled to bring it up again before our favorite national holiday, July 4th. I was just reading that fireworks are as loud as 140 decibels. That causes immediate hearing loss! If you are watching your local fireworks display, it…
Who Needs a 50-Pound Hearing Aid?
Maybe you do if you have severe to profound hearing loss. Organizations like Dogs for the Deaf rescue dogs from shelters for training and other organizations like Canine Companions for Independence breed dogs and train them to be hearing dogs. Hearing dogs alert their owners to sounds they may not be able to hear even…
Hazards of Headphone Use
Millions of people walk around with ear buds or headphones listening to music or other recordings or talking on the phone. There are two areas of concern for people who walk around plugged in.
Hearing Aid Battery Recycling
Hearing aid batteries con- tain a small amount of mer- cury and other metals and they cannot be disposed of in the regular trash. How- ever, there are quite a few places that offer battery re- cycling so proper disposal need not be a burden. John Muir Outpatient Center at Tice Valley. For our patients…
Diet and Hearing Preservation
We know that limiting our exposure to loud noise can preserve hearing, but now a new article published in 2011 in the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology suggests that diet can also help with hearing preservation. The study reviewed the diets of 2000 people ages 49 to 99 and found that a diet…