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Hearing Aid Use Shown to Reduce Risk of Cognitive Decline
Recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers reveal that hearing aid use reduces the rate of cognitive decline in the aging hearing impaired population. A group of scientists in France collected…
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Tinnitus in America
The majority of patients who come in for a hearing test, report some kind of noise in their ears. Here is a definition of tinnitus from the American Tinnitus Association with some additional facts: “Tinnitus…
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Hidden Hearing Loss
There is an informative article in the August 2015 edition of Scientific American magazine on “Hidden Hearing Loss.” After exposure to loud noise people experience ringing in the ears and muffled hearing. We used to…
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Embrace Your Hearing Loss
We find that the people who are the most accepting of their hearing loss are the most successful at dealing with adverse listening situations. An article published recently in the Hearing Health Foundation magazine profiled…
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Sound Training to Reduce Distractibility
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco published a study in the journal called Neuron showing how adults can learn to reduce distractibility. They found that aging adults can diminish their distractibility by learning…
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When Hearing Aids No Longer Provide Enough Benefit
When a person has such a severe loss that they are struggling hear even in a one on one conversation, we refer them to one of the cochlear implant centers in the Bay Area. A…
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Hearing Aid Use Improves Balance
New research out of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows improved balance in older adults with hearing loss when they wear their hearing aids. Patients with hearing aids in both ears…
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Communication Reminders
During my appointments with patients I often talk about good communication and how making just a few changes in communication style along with well fit, good quality hearing aids will promote the best hearing ability possible.…
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New Technology: Caption Telephones
For years we have been working with the California Telephone Access Program to get free amplified telephones for our patients. Anyone in the state of California that has a home phone line and has hearing…
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Hearing Loss in the Hospital
When you go to the hospital for a planned or unplanned visit, it will be a stressful time. Patients with hearing loss have additional worries over communication with the doctors, nurses and other staff. Before…