by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 7, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
You’ve likely heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes today’s technology so much better? And what...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Apr 26, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
At times, it seems as if we enjoy to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry titled “List of common misconceptions” that contains hundreds of universally-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the page and you’ll notice...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Apr 5, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before pursuing a qualified professional diagnosis, in spite of the fact that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are transparent to other people. But are those with hearing loss simply too stubborn to get...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 26, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
If the unfamiliar creates anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is particularly nerve-racking. While the majority of us have experience with the family doctor and the town dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist could be a first. It certainly would be...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 19, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Although most of us stay current with our annual physical, dental cleaning, and eye exam, we notoriously forget to give consideration to the health of our hearing. And when our hearing does begin to deteriorate, it comes about so gradually that we scarcely notice and...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 12, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Do you remember the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized wristbands that vowed to grant instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t find much of that promoting anymore; in 2008, the producers of the Q-Ray...