Do Essential Oils Help with Hearing & Balance Problems?
Essential oils are the concentrated liquids derived from a variety of plants, usually herbs and fruit. People have been extracting them and using them for medicinal purposes for centuries; records date back as far as the 12th century. There has been a resurgence in their popularity in recent years, as people have discovered aromatherapy—a form…
Three Days of Music, a Lifetime of Hearing Loss
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock—a gathering that attracted 400,000 people to upstate New York for three days of peace, love and music. The event has become so ingrained in popular culture, its name has been borrowed to refer to adults old enough to have attended the seminal festival. Many of these individuals…
How Do I Know When It’s Time for Hearing Aids?
Unless you can’t hear a word anybody else is saying, knowing when it’s time for hearing aids can be tough. About one in every five people in Santa Barbara has hearing loss, and for many of them, the condition develops so gradually they aren’t even aware of the problem until somebody else – usually a…
Summer Hearing Protection in Santa Barbara
Summertime in Santa Barbara is…well, not all that different from the rest of the year! We are blessed to enjoy a temperate, sunshine-filled climate year-round. But it can be a little warmer and slightly sunnier. If you wear hearing aids, you’ll need to take steps to protect them from some of the things most synonymous…
Blame Technology for Rise in Hearing Loss Among Younger People
Hearing loss is common in Santa Barbara and across California. There is a common (but false) perception that only older people experience hearing impairment. The truth is, hearing loss affects people of all ages. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly prevalent among younger folks – thanks in large part to technology. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Affects Everybody…
Singing Helps Kids with Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants help many people with hearing loss in Santa Barbara whose impairment is too severe for hearing aids. For children, whose language development is dependent upon an ability to hear, they can be life-changing. In order for kids with cochlear implants to hear even more effectively, researchers recommend singing. The Benefits of Singing Children…
The Connection Between Hearing & Memory
Most people in Santa Barbara experience so-called “senior moments” from time to time. It’s natural to forget why we walked into the kitchen once in a while, but when memory impairment worsens, the culprit may be surprising: often, hearing loss is to blame. Research Study Confirms Link Hearing loss is widespread in Santa Barbara and across…
The “Why” of Tinnitus
If you’re experiencing a persistent ringing in the ears, you are not alone. About 50 million Americans suffer from tinnitus. That translates to 20 percent of the population, making it one of the most common health complaints in Santa Barbara. We can’t call it a physical condition – it’s technically a symptom of another underlying…
Resolve to Treat Your Hearing Loss
Happy 2019! Actually is has been here for a few weeks now, but who’s counting? The new year is a time for reflection, looking at your life and determining where you can make improvements. If you are one of the nearly 48 million Americans in Santa Barbara and throughout America with hearing loss, this is…
How Does a Hearing Test Work?
Many people hear the word “test” and have unpleasant flashbacks to pop quizzes in algebra. The good news? If you’re one of the 20 percent of adults in Santa Barbara with hearing loss, you won’t have to figure out any x and y variables on your hearing test. In fact, hearing tests don’t require much…
