Hearing & Balance Doctors is excited to announce our 12th annual Hear for the Holidays contest. This contest allows people in our community to nominate loved ones for free hearing aids this holiday season. There are no obligations associated with this contest – in...
Hearing loss affects more than 9 million Americans over the age of 65 and 10 million Americans ages 45 to 64, but only about 20% of people who actually need hearing aids wear them. According to a recent study by Jamie Desjardins, PhD, an assistant professor in the...
The year 2018 has come and gone. It was a year in which the Eagles won the Super Bowl, the highest-grossing movie was Black Panther, and we argued over whether we heard “Yanni,” or “Laurel.” It was also a year in which the world of technology continued to advance....
If you had to conjure one image evoking autumn, it would be brightly-colored leaves falling from the trees. If you don’t use care, however, you may see your hearing aids fall out this season, right along with the foliage. Fallen hearing aids can easily become lost or...
As a fellow in the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), it is always a pleasure to attend the largest gathering of audiologists in the country at the AAA annual convention. As a cowboy at heart, I was particularly excited that this year’s convention was held in...
Hearing solutions are dropping in cost. As of October 1, 2017, a new category of hearing technology will begin to hit our local marketplace. These hearing aids are being referred to as OTC (Over The Counter) “hearables.” You may begin to see them in pharmacies,...
After attending the most recent training event, our doctors of audiology are bringing a brand-new, highly advanced hearing aid system to you. This technology is the new benchmark in smart hearing. It connects wirelessly with cell phones, TV, and sound systems. It also...
There are just some sounds that make everyone cringe. Nails on a chalkboard, metal dragged on metal, children screaming, those sounds have the power to make us cringe even remembering them and make us think that skipping the audiologist would be just fine (but don’t...
