Tips To Keep In Mind When Celebrating Your Mom’s First Mother’s Day With A Hearing Aid

This Mother’s Day, like so many Mother’s Days before it, will be filled with flowers and cards, brunches, and special trips out. No matter what age, mothers everywhere will enjoy this special day filled with warm thoughts, loving embraces, and kind words. And while being surrounded by loved ones is often gift enough, most of… Continue reading Tips To Keep In Mind When Celebrating Your Mom’s First Mother’s Day With A Hearing Aid

How To Protect Your Hearing Aids From The Heat Of Summer

Summer is right around the corner and with it plenty of fun in the sun! From splashing at the beach to walking mountain trails to sunset dinners in the city and everything in between, the longer days of summer offer plenty of opportunities to play. What they also bring is warmer weather, and that doesn’t… Continue reading How To Protect Your Hearing Aids From The Heat Of Summer

How To Have A Special Mother’s Day With Hearing Loss

Mother’s Day is a particular time to celebrate those who play a tremendous role in our lives. It is a great time to show appreciation to those moms, stepmoms, and others who take on the mother role. How will you celebrate it this year? A party or a special dinner at a favorite restaurant perhaps?… Continue reading How To Have A Special Mother’s Day With Hearing Loss

Understanding Your Hearing Loss

By: Kelsey Keimig When diagnosing a hearing loss, audiologists use classifying terms including: conductive, sensorineural, and mixed, but what does this mean? To understand the type of hearing loss you have, we must first understand the parts of the ear. The ear is divided into three primary sections: outer, middle, and inner ear. The outer… Continue reading Understanding Your Hearing Loss

Looking For A Quiet Restaurant? There’s An App For That

Hearing aids improve quality of life for users. Studies have even shown that treating hearing loss can have a positive impact on feelings of depression, anxiety and social isolation. Adjusting to using a hearing aid does take some time and each person has to figure out the model and protocols that work best for them.… Continue reading Looking For A Quiet Restaurant? There’s An App For That

Investigational Hearing Protection Drug Given FDA Clearance for Human Testing

Oricula Therapeutics, a Seattle-based biotech, has received FDA clearance to begin volunteer human testing for their investigational drug ORC-13661. ORC-13661 is being studied for its potential to preserve hearing by protecting the ear hair cells of patients taking antibiotics known to cause hearing damage. The human testing will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and the movement… Continue reading Investigational Hearing Protection Drug Given FDA Clearance for Human Testing

Small Hearing Aids And What They Can Do For You

There is a stigma surrounding hearing loss. Estimates conclude that 360 million people have a hearing loss yet it takes, on average, ten years for people with a hearing loss to take action. Numerous reasons are put forth for these numbers including being seen as inadequate communicators, social awkwardness, low cognition, and an association with… Continue reading Small Hearing Aids And What They Can Do For You

This New Drug May Prevent Hearing Loss

These days there seems to be a pill for just about everything, but could the next one on the horizon really help prevent hearing loss? A new study may prove that the answer to that question is, “yes.” Oricula Therapeutics of Seattle, whose scientists work at the University of Washington and Fred Hutch Cancer Research… Continue reading This New Drug May Prevent Hearing Loss

3D Printing Could Revolutionize the Hearing Aid Industry

These days, technology is advancing at lightning speed. Things we thought impossible just a few years ago are now making their way into everyday life leaving us marveling at the possibilities of science. One such advancement has been 3D printing capabilities. You may have heard of 3D printing in recent years, but this exciting new… Continue reading 3D Printing Could Revolutionize the Hearing Aid Industry