by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 10, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
Oxford Dictionaries defines life-hack as: “A strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one’s time and daily activities in a more efficient way.” Life hacks can help save you both money and time, and some are so simple you’ll wonder why you hadn’t previously...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 3, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
Congratulations on taking the preliminary step toward healthier hearing by booking your hearing test. You’re already ahead of the game, as a large number of people delay having their hearing tested for years—in some cases decades. But now that you’ve arranged your...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Feb 25, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
Photo credit: flickr Saad FaruqueTwentieth century neuroscience has discovered something quite amazing: specifically that your brain can change itself well into adulthood. Whereas in the early 1900s it was thought that the brain ceased changing in adolescence, we now...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Feb 18, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
There tends to be more confusion when it relates to hearing care than with many other medical specializations. We don’t need to ask, for example, what a dentist or eye doctor can do for us. But when it comes to our hearing, we’re often unsure as to what we should do...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Feb 4, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
You’ve probably watched the commercials. The ones advertising PSAPs, or personal sound amplification products, guaranteeing a boost to hearing for as little as 20 dollars. It appears to be a great deal—particularly when compared to the substantial selling price of a...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Jan 28, 2016 | Hearing Loss Articles
In the US, hearing loss to some degree affects 20 percent of the entire populace, or 48 million individuals. On average, then, one out of every five people you encounter may have hearing loss. For those who truly want to comprehend the condition—or that suffer from...