by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Jun 18, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no external sound source exists. This phantom sound is typically identified as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Jun 11, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most important part of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this quick...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Jun 4, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, induced by exposure to intense sound levels from personal audio devices and very loud environments such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 28, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. Together, the two...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 21, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Many people are surprised to see how young the field of audiology actually is, and how recently its founding father established the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wished to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 14, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
When it’s time to shop for a car, the majority of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, evaluate options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re set to head to the dealership, we have an idea of...
