Hearing Health Blog

Central Auditory Processing Disorder, abbreviated CAPD, is a challenging condition to diagnose properly for many good reasons. The condition is not because the children can’t hear words being directed at them, but because their brains are unable to interpret the words and comprehend them, which implies that standard hearing tests don’t always detect CAPD. Furthermore, […]

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Vertigo – a perception of movement where the person or the person’s surroundings appear to whirl dizzily – is, typically an undesirable event. Vertigo feelings can disrupt balance and contribute to falls that can be dangerous among older adults; it can also be accompanied by dizziness, sensations of spinning in space, and more rarely, nausea, […]

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Shopping for hearing aids can be hard if you are not familiar with the large number of acronyms commonly used to describe common types. The following list encompasses the majority of the abbreviations you are likely to encounter when looking at hearing aids and provides a brief description of each. The most effective approach to […]

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Could excessively noisy conditions on the job be affecting your hearing? Hearing loss has many underlying causes, but the most prevalent continues to be noise-induced hearing loss. Thinking about your ability to hear is a normal response for anyone employed in a high-noise profession.The Centers for Disease Control reports that 30 million workers are subjected […]

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The eardrum performs two extremely important functions: clearly, it vibrates when it senses sound waves, but additionally it functions as a barrier to safeguard the inner ear from infections. Whenever your eardrum is intact, your inner ear is basically a sterile and protected place; however when it has been perforated or torn, harmful bacteria may […]

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When you have kids, sooner or later they will ask you to buy them headphones to use with their music players, computers, and gaming systems. And there are reasons for this, because headphones can enhance the experience of these media, but there are specific characteristics you should look for when you buy. Proper fit is […]

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Sadly, the “speech banana” isn’t a super fruit that improves hearing or is a reference to that old comic skit that goes, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The thing that the “speech banana” refers to is a special pattern found in the results of an audiogram, which is a […]

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America has a robust history of gun use, based somewhat on the TV and movies we knew as a kids, which contained pictures of cowboys and policemen firing guns almost constantly. These visuals appear to have made a lasting impression, because many millions still enjoy shooting guns, either at firing ranges or while hunting. The […]

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What is the exact difference between a personal sound amplifier (PSA) and a hearing aid? One difference is that the PSA is being heavily advertised in recent months generating a great deal of confusion. On the other hand, you will not see nearly as many hearing aid promotions on TV or in magazines because they’re […]

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For those of you who have suffered some form of hearing loss, do you ever find yourself having to work very hard to understand what is being said to you or around you? This sensation of having to try to understand people is common even among people who wear hearing aids, because the aids must […]

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