Can You Be Making Your Tinnitus Worse?
About one in five people in Santa Barbara has tinnitus. This ringing in the ears occurs as a result of damage to the sensory nerves in the inner, called hair cells. Unfortunately, once the nerve cells are destroyed, they cannot regenerate. Tinnitus has no cure, but there are strategies that allow you to manage it…
The High Cost of Untreated Hearing Loss
Individuals with hearing loss in Santa Barbara already have higher out-of-pocket costs than those with normal hearing. There’s no getting around the fact that the additional expenses associated with hearing loss add up! According to a new study, those costs are even higher for people with untreated hearing loss. Higher Health Care Costs A study…
Hearing Aid Travel Tips
Vacations are a much-needed respite from the stress and monotony of daily life. If you’re a Santa Barbara resident with hearing loss, you’ll need to pack more than a camera and sunscreen in your carry-on bag. Your hearing aids will accompany you on your trip, too. Summer travel season may be over, but the holidays…
Are There Different Types of Hearing Aids?
If everybody in Santa Barbara were exactly alike, a single type of hearing aid might suffice. But how boring would a real-life version of “Where’s Waldo?” be? Fortunately, we live in a world where – with few exceptions – no two people are identical. Every case of hearing loss is also unique, which means a…
What is an Audiologist?
If you have been diagnosed with hearing loss in Santa Barbara, you’ll be getting to know your audiologist pretty well. Not only will this person be there for you during your hearing evaluation and initial hearing aid fitting; you’ll be expected to come back frequently for follow-up hearing tests, clean and check appointments, hearing aid…
Five MORE Steps to Better Hearing
Recently, we shared five important steps you can take to ensure better hearing. Our mission is to keep Santa Barbara and Solvang residents hearing to the best of their abilities, so we thought we’d expand upon our original article and give you five more steps to better hearing. Think of it as Christmas in July….
How to Prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is common; make that, hearing loss is really common. More than 48 million people in California and throughout the country are currently affected by a hearing impairment. But did you know that many of these cases can actually be prevented? In order to help people in Santa Barbara be proactive about their hearing…
Communication Tips for Better Hearing & Speech Month
May is Better Hearing & Speech Month. Created by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 1927, it has been teaching people about hearing loss and speech disorders for more than 90 years. The theme of this year’s event is “Communication for All.” In honor of this theme, your Santa Barbara audiologist would like to share…
Tinnitus Misconceptions
Are you one of the 50 million people in Santa Barbara and around the country who has heard a hissing, buzzing or ringing in their ears? If so, this post if for you. Since tinnitus is so common, it should come as no surprise that there is a large amount of misinformation floating around out…
Oticon Focus on People Awards
This year, Oticon celebrates 20 years of changing attitudes and opening doors for people experiencing hearing loss. The purpose of the Oticon’s Focus on the People Awards is to recognize the exceptional ways everyday people have shown others that hearing loss does not keep them from living their fullest lives. There are four categories with…
