If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more difficult, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional reactions to the loss of hearing. Together, the two sides of hearing loss can wreak havoc on a person’s total well being, as the […]
Most people are surprised to hear how young the discipline of audiology really is, and how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wanted to find the founding father of biology, as an example, you’d have to go back in time by 2,300 years and read the The […]
When it’s time to purchase a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We conduct some research, compare options, and compile a list of questions to ask the dealership. We work on this so that by the time we’re ready to head to the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re looking […]
You’ve without doubt 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 modern technology so much better? And what exactly can modern hearing aids achieve that couldn’t […]
Sometimes, it seems like 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 understand it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the web page and you’ll see around 385 references to credible sources. As an example, did […]
You’ve just concluded your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a graph, like the one above, except that it has all of these symbols, colors, and lines. This is supposed to highlight to you the exact, mathematically precise properties of your hearing loss, but to you it […]
We don’t need to tell you the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a completely different kind of problem: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing evaluated and treated. But just how are you supposed to get through to someone who denies there is even a […]
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before seeking a professional diagnosis, in spite of the reality that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are very clear to other people. But are those with hearing loss just too stubborn to get help? No, actually, and for a handful of […]
If the unknown triggers anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is especially stressful. While nearly all of us have experience with the family physician and the hometown dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It sure would be helpful to have someone illustrate the process beforehand, wouldn’t it? Well, […]
Although the majority of us remain up to date with our yearly physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we usually forget to consider the health of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to worsen, it arises so slowly and gradually that we barely notice and neglect to do something about it. It’s this […]
