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Having problems hearing at the movies, listening to the radio, or while watching TV?

Posted on August 17, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags hearing aid technology, hearing impaired, hearing loss, improve your hearing ability, problems hearing at the movies, south florida audiologists

It is very common for someone with hearing loss to say, “I can’t appreciate going to the movies because I am missing the punch line.” Similar complaints are reiterated when watching TV, listening to the radio or in noisy restaurant environments. These environments have something in common; they all present the listener with a mechanical [...]

Hearing Care: Five Reasons to Get a Hearing Test and Evaluation

Posted on June 29, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags Hearing Aids, hearing loss, hearing professionals, hearing tests

Seeing or hearing? Which sense is more important to you? Of course, both of them. Annual eye exams are very common. Checking for glaucoma, cataracts and cornea disease are crucial to medical management. Hearing loss, on the other hand, develops more gradually. In fact, it may take the hearing impaired individual 4 to 5 years to seek hearing care. It [...]

Increase Your Hearing Ability with Hearing Aids

Posted on June 22, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags audiologists, hearing ability, Hearing Aids, hearing care professionals, hearing loss

We all know that exercise is good for keeping our bodies in good shape. There is more and more evidence that exercising our ears is also good for keeping our hearing ability in good shape. A number of studies in the United States and abroad have demonstrated that individuals with hearing loss in both ears, [...]

Tired of Hearing?

Posted on June 2, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags Hearing Aids, hearing and understanding, hearing loss

People with perfectly normal hearing are able to hear and understand much of the sound around them automatically. They do not have to get help from lip reading. They do not have to concentrate. They do not have to stop what they are doing. They just simply hear. Someone with a hearing loss does not have [...]

HearFlorida’s Tips For Understanding Hearing Loss And Hearing Aids

Posted on May 26, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags audiologists, hearing aid technology, Hearing Aids, hearing loss

The more hearing loss you have, the less effective the hearing aids will be. Hearing aids cannot bring back hearing that is gone. In the past, physicians have told patients that if you have “nerve damage,” it cannot be helped with hearing aids. On the contrary, most people who are successfully wearing hearing aids have [...]

Eartrak: Voyage Through Your Ear

Posted on March 29, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags auditory nerve, cochlea nerve, cranial nerve, ear canal, eardrum vibration, Eartrak, hearing aid instruments, Hearing Aids, hearing loss, hearing mechanism, inner ear, middle ear, ossicular chain, oval window, tympanic membrane

Imagine yourself miniaturized and given the opportunity to take a grand tour through your ear. For the purpose of illustration, your trip is being booked with Eartrak, a subsidiary of Amtrak. Eartrak departs from your ear canal and is scheduled to make stops at the tympanic membrane, ossicular chain, oval window, cochlea and auditory nerve. [...]

Tips For Selecting Your Hearing Aid

Posted on February 19, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags best hearing aids, hearing impairments, hearing loss, tips for selecting your hearing aid

More than 28 million Americans (about 10 percent of the population) have hearing loss. Hearing aids can compensate for hearing loss in approximately 95 percent of those individuals who have hearing impairment. While more than 30 percent of people over age 65 have some type of hearing loss, 14 percent of those between 45-64 have [...]

More Birthdays & Hearing Loss

Posted on January 31, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags audiology, hearing care services, hearing impairments, hearing loss, presbycusis, tips for hearing loss

Presbycusis, the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they age is usually a sensorineural hearing disorder – meaning it is caused by gradual changes in the inner ear typically brought on by repeated exposure to noise. This results in a loss of hair cells (sensory receptors in the inner ear), which [...]

The Demographics Of Hearing Loss: You’re Not Alone

Posted on January 11, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags Hearing Aids, hearing impaired, hearing impairments, hearing loss, hearing loss demographic, untreated hearing loss

You’re not alone…28 million Americans are hearing impaired and an estimated 500 million experience hearing loss worldwide. In the U.S., one in eight 50 year olds suffer from hearing loss. After President Bill Clinton was fitted for hearing instruments, more than one million other baby boomers identified themselves as experiencing hearing loss. In fact, there [...]

Tips For Hearing In Noisy Situations

Posted on January 4, 2010 in Blog, Information with the tags ability to hear, Hearing Aids, hearing loss, noise levels, Tips For Hearing In Noisy Situations

Those without hearing loss can have problems hearing at parties, particularly if there is background noise. Having hearing loss makes it even harder to understand speech when other noises are present. Here are some strategies to maximize your ability to communicate with others.
1. In restaurants, choose a table off to one side or in the corner [...]

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Having problems hearing at the movies, listening to the radio, or while watching TV?

Hearing Care: Five Reasons to Get a Hearing Test and Evaluation

Increase Your Hearing Ability with Hearing Aids

Tired of Hearing?

HearFlorida’s Tips For Understanding Hearing Loss And Hearing Aids

Eartrak: Voyage Through Your Ear

Tips For Selecting Your Hearing Aid

More Birthdays & Hearing Loss

The Demographics Of Hearing Loss: You’re Not Alone

Tips For Hearing In Noisy Situations