by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 26, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
If the unfamiliar creates anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is particularly nerve-racking. While the majority of us have experience with the family doctor and the town dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist could be a first. It certainly would be...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 19, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Although most of us stay current with our annual physical, dental cleaning, and eye exam, we notoriously forget to give consideration to the health of our hearing. And when our hearing does begin to deteriorate, it comes about so gradually that we scarcely notice and...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 12, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Do you remember the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized wristbands that vowed to grant instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t find much of that promoting anymore; in 2008, the producers of the Q-Ray...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Mar 5, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Hearing loss is treacherously sneaky. It creeps up on a person over the years so slowly you barely become aware of it , making it easy to deny or ignore. And afterwards, when you at last acknowledge the symptoms, you shrug it off as troublesome and irritating because...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Sep 15, 2013 | Hearing Aids News
“Now I wake up each morning to the sound of birds” A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. The implant consists of an external portion that sits...
by Audiology & Hearing Care of SWFL | Sep 15, 2013 | Hearing Aids News
Researchers are looking at ways to apply new signal processing strategies to the design of hearing aids. Signal processing is the method used to modify normal sound waves into amplified sound that is the best possible match to the remaining hearing for a hearing aid...