Amplification cannot clarify 100% of conversations. Hearing aids cannot remove a hearing loss. There is, however, a variety of things you can do to supplement loss of hearing and improve understanding. Communicate with good lighting Utilize lipreading, facial expressions and gestures Pause a television when holding a competing conversation Do not dine out during the …
Try Before You Buy! At Auditory Dimensions, NO purchase is required prior to wearing hearing aids! A demo set of hearing aids is fit for trial to evaluate the benefit of aided listening in your own environments for usually up to 30 days, at NO CHARGE! Your experiences are discussed and adjustments made if necessary …
Summer is the season when occurrences of Swimmer’s Ear escalate in children and adults alike. Otitis Externa, the medical term for Swimmer’s Ear, is an infection in the ear canal due to bacteria. Causes of Otitis Externa: Symptoms of Otitis External: Treatment of Otitis External: Repercussions of Untreated Otitis Externa: Prevention of Otitis Externa: Enjoy …
Minimal Hearing Loss Minimal Hearing Loss can be described numerically as slight to mild hearing loss (20-35 dB HL thresholds) or verbally as borderline-normal. People with this degree of hearing loss experience occasional difficulty hearing, particularly in adverse listening environments such as groups, restaurants, lectures or when vision is obstructed. Its effect can range from …
How did my hearing decline? Hearing loss can happen for many reasons, including deteriorative changes that occur naturally due to aging. Wear and tear on the eardrum, middle ear bones and muscles or inner ear hair cells and nerve function are common changes to the auditory system that result in hearing loss. Hereditary factors, noise …
Appropriate expectations of hearing aid benefit is critical to proper adjustment. Unlike glasses, hearing aids generally do not restore normal hearing. (Click on the title to read more)
Changes in hearing can be hard to detect because they may happen very gradually over many years. (Click on the title to read more).
