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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Risk of Falls Associated with Hearing Loss
A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has shown that there is an increased risk of falling in older adults with hearing loss. The study reported on 2,017 subjects ages 40 to 69.…
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Advanced Hearing Aid Techonology
While there aren’t any brand new hearing aids out to promote in my technology column, I thought I would share a technology we’ve been fitting over the past year that has shown fantastic real world…
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The Hazards of Noise Exposure
Hearing is our invaluable sense that connects us to our friends, family and our world. Most of you reading this newsletter already understand the barrier that hearing loss pres- ents. We are fortunate for the…
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We have a new Audiologist
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Hearing Science One More Time
We have students of Audiology at our conference who volunteer their time to help the days run smoothly. We also get several presentations from students on their research and the subject matter gets more impressive…