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…
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…
Learn to be Your Own Mechanic
Like most people in Santa Barbara with hearing loss, your hearing aid is your connection to the outside world. If you wouldn’t drive your car without a spare tire in the trunk (and either roadside assistance or the knowledge required to change your own tire), the same should be true for your hearing aid. In…