September 18, 2015 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
It remains a mystery as to why wearing glasses—which improve vision impairment—is perceived as a sign of intelligence, while wearing hearing aids—which correct hearing impairment—has been perceived as a sign of old age. Perhaps it’s about time the stigma of hearing loss is reversed, and we redefine what it means for our bodies to work […]
September 11, 2015 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a common question we hear from our patients, and the answer demands some thought. While hearing aids normally have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are several scenarios in which you may desire to upgrade sooner. Here are 4 reasons you may want to consider an […]
September 4, 2015 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
Imagine being able to regulate the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and effortlessly as checking the time on your wrist. Or picture fine-tuning your hearing aids for any hearing environment without ever having to touch your hearing aids. Sound too good to be true? A couple of years ago, it […]
We all procrastinate, routinely talking ourselves out of strenuous or uncomfortable chores in favor of something more pleasurable or fun. Distractions are all around as we tell ourselves that we will at some point get around to whatever we’re presently working to avoid. Usually, procrastination is fairly harmless. We might wish to clean out the […]
August 20, 2015 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
Modern day hearing aids have come a long way; existing models are highly effective and come with incredible digital functions, such as wifi connectivity, that radically improve a person’s ability to hear along with their overall quality of life. But there is still room for improvement. Specifically, in some instances hearing aids have some challenges […]
It has long been accepted that there are strong connections among sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and preferences determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to various sounds. For example, research has uncovered these common associations between certain sounds and emotions: The sound of a thunderstorm evokes […]
The strange part of hearing loss is that we don’t have a tendency to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the ability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to contemplate, for example, how much we enjoy a good conversation with a friend until we have to continually ask them to repeat […]
The hearing healthcare marketplace has two barriers that prevent people from acquiring better hearing: The inability to notice hearing loss in the first place (owing to its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive fix. Regretfully, countless people who have overcome the first barrier have been lured into the supposedly […]
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and in fact, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is common, and it breaks the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign objects into your ear canal. That […]
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an inescapable problem associated with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s regular use of iPods. But the numbers reveal that the bigger problem may be exposure to loud noise at work. In the US, 22 million workers are subjected to potentially unsafe […]
