Tips for Navigating Social Situations as a New Hearing Aid User
Hearing loss makes social situations harder because it affects your ability to communicate with others. Hearing can make it significantly easier for you to navigate everything from work parties to dinner out with friends at a busy restaurant like Toma Restaurant & Bar. However, even though getting hearing aids is the first and best step…
What to Know About Hearing Aid Battery Safety
Though rechargeable hearing aids are becoming increasingly popular, the vast majority of hearing aids still take disposable button batteries. These are essential for helping you hear well in complex listening environments, but there are some things you need to keep in mind in terms of safety. We review tips below. Button Batteries Can Be Dangerous…
Why You Should Connect Your Hearing Aids to Your Smartphone
Many modern hearing aids have the ability to sync with your smartphone and other technological devices. Doing so can benefit you at work and home and even offer health benefits. Improves Phone Conversation Quality Untreated hearing loss makes phone conversations hard to follow. Getting hearing aids helps; however, holding your smartphone up to your ear…
Are Pediatric Hearing Aids Different From Ones for Adults?
While hearing loss is often associated with older age, anyone can develop the condition. If your child has hearing loss, you are probably curious to learn more about how pediatric hearing aids and how they work to help your child process sound. Pediatric Hearing Aid Basics While both pediatric and adult hearing aids work in…
What Are the Different Parts of a Hearing Aid?
There are many types of hearing aids on the market, including behind-the-ear (BTE), mini-behind-the-ear (mini-BTE), receiver-in-the-ear (RITE), receiver-in-canal (RIC), in-the-ear (ITE), in-the-canal (ITC) and completely-in-canal (CIC). While each type is built differently, they still have the same four main internal components that help you hear well in Jane. We review these different parts below. Microphone…
Has Your Child’s Hearing Loss Been Misdiagnosed as a Learning Disability?
Not only can your child’s untreated hearing loss impact their communication at home, it can affect their performance at school, too. But it turns out, certain behaviors caused by hearing loss are also associated with learning disabilities. This can result in a misdiagnosis. Below we review how common hearing loss is in children, how the…
What to Do if Your Hearing Aids Aren’t Loud Enough
More than 48 million Americans have hearing loss, and many rely on a tiny and complex medical device for treatment. Hearing aids come in a wide variety of sizes and styles, but all have the same job – amplifying sounds so that your damaged ears can hear them. But what happens when your hearing aids…
Machine Learning Enhances Speech Recognition
As researchers work to understand more about the impact of hearing loss, one area of particular interest is the way it affects our ability to recognize speech. A new study created a human speech recognition model based on deep machine learning that produced some exciting results. What is Machine Learning and How Does it Help…
How is Unilateral Hearing Loss Treatment Different from Binaural Hearing Loss?
While most people with hearing loss experience it in both ears, others have unilateral hearing loss. This means they only have one ear that is affected. Unilateral hearing loss poses its own set of challenges and also sometimes requires different treatment methods than binaural hearing loss. Causes of Unilateral Hearing Loss Hearing loss in one…
An Audiologist Visit Can Prevent These Common Reasons for Not Wearing a Hearing Aid After Purchase
Despite the fact that treating hearing loss with hearing aids has been shown to improve communication in relationships, earning power, social participation, emotional stability and overall quality of life, few people who could benefit from hearing aids actually wears them. This is true even among the population of people who already owns hearing aids. A…
