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Happy Holidays!
This is a busy time of the year as we are wrapping business up for 2013. Don’t forget to come in and spend those last few HSA or flexible spending dollars on batteries or supplies.…
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Hearing Protection
We see people on a daily basis who have hearing loss caused by exposure to loud noise. In fact, loud noise is the one of the most common causes of hearing loss. We attended a…
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California Telephone Access Program
Many of you already have amplified telephones from the Cal- ifornia Telephone Access Program (CTAP). As excited as we are to promote this excellent program, there are always some of our patients who have never…
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Hearing Aid Maintenance Appointment
Our fall newsletter will be mailed out next week. Look inside for articles on binaural hearing (meaning hearing from both ears), power hearing aids and our annual battery sale. We are offering appointments with…
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Do You Need More Power in Your Hearing Aids?
Technology is an amazing thing! Hearing aids are get- ting smaller and smaller and sometimes our patients can hardly see them well enough to change the battery. I’m not sure if the small size is…
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Cerumen Management
Cerumen is a fancy word for earwax. Earwax becomes an issue when you wear hearing aids because it can get into the aid causing it to malfunction or the wax can block the ear canal…
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OTC Pain Relievers and Hearing Loss
New research is showing a link between acetaminophen and ibuprofen use and hearing loss. For years we’ve known that high doses of aspirin can cause hearing loss and tinnitus. Often the loss is temporary and…
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Hearing with Two Ears
Patients who have seen us for a hearing aid evaluation have heard many of the reasons we give for binaural amplification (a fancy way of saying wearing hearing aids in both ears). At our recent…
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Factors affecting battery life
Today’s high technology hearing aids are constantly processing and adjusting to the wearer’s environment. All that work does take more battery drain than previous analog instruments. There are plenty of variables that will affect battery…
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5 reasons to get hearing aids NOW instead of LATER
Eliminate auditory deprivation. Research shows that if you aren’t using your auditory pathways they become less robust and that can affect your ability to understand speech. You’ll be younger! I can teach people in their…