by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 28, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
If we genuinely want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively challenging, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. Together, the two...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 21, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Many people are surprised to see how young the field of audiology actually is, and how recently its founding father established the profession. To put this in perspective, if you wished to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 14, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
When it’s time to shop for a car, the majority of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, evaluate options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re set to head to the dealership, we have an idea of...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | May 7, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
You’ve likely 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 today’s technology so much better? And what...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Apr 26, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
At times, it seems as if 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 know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the page and you’ll notice...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Apr 5, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before pursuing a qualified professional diagnosis, in spite of the fact that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are transparent to other people. But are those with hearing loss simply too stubborn to get...
