How to Care for Your Hearing Aid Batteries
Some modern hearing aids now have built-in rechargeable batteries, but many still rely on disposable button batteries. If you have the second type, it’s important to know how to care for and store them, as these batteries contain heavy metals that can be very dangerous if not properly handled. Follow our tips below. How Can…
How to Pick the Best Hearing Aid
Each hearing aid manufacturer produces a full line of hearing aids available in a wide variety of styles. Determining which one is best for you can be challenging, so your audiologist takes a number of factors into consideration when making their recommendation. Type and Degree of Hearing Loss Not everyone with hearing loss can benefit…
How Loud Is Too Loud?
We’ve all heard that loud noises can cause hearing loss, but figuring out which sounds in particular can be dangerous to your hearing can be complicated. Below is a breakdown of how you can determine what sounds are too loud and put you at risk of hearing loss. How Sounds Can Damage Your Ears…
We’re Partnering with Lions to Help Low-Income Families Get Hearing Aids
Hearing Services of Santa Barbara is proud to announce a partnership with the Lions Club Sight and Hearing Foundation to help recycle hearing aids, which helps make essential hearing technology available to hard-of-hearing individuals from low-income families. Around 278 million people worldwide have moderate to profound hearing loss in both ears, according to the World…
Do You Need Hearing Aids for Both Ears?
If you’ve been diagnosed with hearing loss recently and been prescribed binaural hearing aids (for both ears), you probably have some questions. The first one likely is “Do I really need to wear two hearing aids?” There are many advantages to wearing two hearing aids instead of one, which are overviewed below. When Are Two…
Close Out 2020 With This Special Deal
As 2020 comes to a close, have you considered using the money in your healthcare flexible spending account to help you purchase hearing aids? The benefits of flexible spending accounts expire at the end of each year, so any unused dollars in 2020 will be lost. With the holiday season approaching, now is the time…
How Hearing Aids Are Fit
Once your audiologist has determined that your type and degree of hearing loss lends itself to treatment with a hearing aid, the selection and fitting process begins. This is important, as hearing aids are not one-size-fits-all devices. Hearing Aid Selection There are a wide variety of styles and brands on the market right now. Your…
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…
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…
