What to Know About Hearing Aid Battery Safety
Without batteries, your hearing aids would be unable to provide you with good hearing. However, it’s important to know that batteries need to be handled with care. We provide a list of hearing aid battery do’s and don’ts below. Do When it comes to your hearing aid batteries, do: Invest in a container with a…
Hearing Aids Can Help You Connect With Others This Holiday Season
It’s crazy to say, but the holiday season is already upon us. For many, that means planning trips or organizing gatherings with our loved ones. While these events are no doubt joyful, they also can also be overwhelming. For people with hearing loss, large holiday events can lead to feelings of anxiety, sadness and even…
How to Make the Most of the Movie Theater with Hearing Loss
If you’ve been diagnosed with hearing loss recently, you may feel as though you can’t enjoy activities you love like you once did. This simply isn’t true. However, you may need to do some extra preparation, even when it comes to going to the movies. Follow our tips below. Wear Hearing Aids If you already…
Tips For Trick or Treating With Hearing Aids
It’s hard to believe it, but Halloween is right around the corner. There are so many fun events to plan for, like The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival and, of course, taking the kids trick-or-treating. Since October is also Audiology Awareness Month, we thought it would be a great time to discuss how you can make…
What To Know About Pediatric Hearing Aids
Hearing loss is often associated with older age. However, people of any age can develop hearing loss, including children. If your child has hearing loss, you are probably curious to learn about pediatric hearing aids and how they can help. Pediatric Hearing Aid Basics Pediatric hearing aids work to amplify sound and maximize listening ability…
Hearing Aids Can Help You Navigate Noisy Environments
Hearing loss can make navigating noisy environments tricky. The good news is the right pair of hearing aids can help. Four Reasons Why Noisy Environments Are Challenging for Those with Hearing Loss Inability to hear high-frequency sounds. In many cases of hearing loss, your ability to hear high-frequency sounds is one of the first things…
Do Your Hearing Aids Need Adjusting?
You want your hearing aids to provide you with the best listening experience possible, whether at work or dining with friends at Bluegrass. Unfortunately, your device will occasionally develop problems that require making an appointment with your audiologist to determine if adjustments need to be made. Your Hearing Aid Feels Uncomfortable If you are new…
How is Machine Learning Helping with Speech and Background Noise Differentiation?
Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence and computer science that focuses on the use of data and algorithms to imitate the way that humans learn. It can be used to help people with hearing loss by improving hearing aid algorithms to provide better speech recognition in louder environments. Hearing Loss Makes It Harder…
Study of the Cochlea Could Lead to Hearing Aid Improvements
It’s a common misconception that hearing aids compensate for hearing loss the way eyeglasses compensate for poor vision. Instead, hearing aids amplify sounds to a level the wearer can easily detect. Rather than putting in your hearing aids and hearing perfectly the way you can put on glasses and see with 20/20 vision, it takes…
How Are Animals Helping Scientists Improve Hearing Aids?
Next time you shiver when you see a spider at Heller Nature Center, take comfort in the fact that they may one day make your hearing aids stronger. Spider Silk for Hearing Aids? Studies have shown that spider silk may be an ideal material to create better directional microphones in hearing aids. This could improve…