Diagnosing Children with Hearing Loss
In the first few years of life, hearing is a critical part of kids’ social, emotional, and cognitive development. Even a mild or partial...
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Types of Hearing Loss
Conductive Hearing Loss Conductive hearing loss occurs when sound is not conducted efficiently through the outer ear canal to the eardrum...
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Temporary Hearing Loss Causes
In adults, the most common causes of hearing loss are: Noise. Noise-induced hearing loss can affect people of all ages and most often...
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Introduction to Hearing Aids
The most common devices are hearing aids. These range from extremely tiny ones that fit completely in the ear canal, to ones that are...
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Basic Facts About Hearing Loss
Statistics About 20 percent of adults in the United States, 48 million, report some degree of hearing loss. At age 65, one out of three...
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Help Loved Ones with Hearing Loss During the Holidays
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging families across America to encourage loved ones with hearing loss to get their hearing...
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How to talk to a hearing-impaired person? Don’t shout
Hearing-impaired author has some tips for co-workers, friends and family members who want to better communicate with someone who can’t...
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Facts About Hearing Loss
With hearing loss affects so many millions of people, it isn’t hard to think about someone we know personally who suffers from this...
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Hearing Aids: How do they work?
Additional features Some hearing aid optional features improve your ability to hear in specific situations: Directional microphones These...
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Study: Veterans More Susceptible to Hearing Loss
About 20 percent of adults in the United States, report some degree of hearing loss, but one population in particular is more susceptible...
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A Brief History of Hearing Aids
Today’s tiny hearing aids are considered giants of modern technology, but they actually date back thousands of years. The first...
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Communicating with People with Hearing Loss
Successful communication requires the efforts of all people involved in a conversation. Even when the person with hearing loss utilizes...
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Telecoil: The Tiny Coil That Makes a Big Difference
How does it work? Normally, a hearing aid “listens” with its microphone, then amplifies what it “hears”. But with a telecoil used as the...
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CaptionCall Helps Those With Hearing Loss Stay Connected
According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, about 20 percent or 48 million people report some degree of hearing loss. While...
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Audiologist vs. Hearing Aid Dispenser: What’s the difference?
There has been a lot of consumer confusion over nomenclature and professional roles in the diagnosing and treatment of hearing loss. It...
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Buying Hearing Aids Online? See an Audiologist Instead
by Ross Cushing, Au.D., A&A Hearing Group More and more, hearing aids are being sold online, through catalogs, and directly to the...
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What to Expect at the Audiologist
Going to the audiologist and getting a hearing test for the first time may be nerve-racking, and perhaps you don’t know what to expect....
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Love Your Hearing Aids
Information Many people who can’t hear well think they hear just fine–if only people would speak up, slow down and stop mumbling. In...
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Three Surprising Everyday Things That Can Cause Hearing Loss
Rock concerts and MP3 players aren’t the only culprits when it comes to hearing loss. Read on to learn more about three surprisingly...
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Playing Sports with Hearing Loss
When Heather Whitestone became the first deaf contestant to win the Miss America pageant in 1995, she wowed the judges with moving...
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