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7 Tips to Help Hearing Impaired Students Access Online Learning
With the arrival of Covid-19, many schools and universities moved to online learning at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. As a new school year begins and students return to online schooling or a hybrid environment of both in-person and online classes, it’s...

Helpful Solutions for Coping with Hearing Loss and Face Masks
Wearing face masks … what was once typically for construction workers or people working in the medical field, has now become commonplace for almost everyone. While masks may help slow the spread of Covid-19, their use poses challenges for the hearing...

Is It Safe to Visit Your Audiologist During the Pandemic?
“Stay home!” That’s the message most of us have been hearing for the last few months. As our nation continues to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve been encouraged to social distance and limit our exposure to others. For many individuals with hearing loss, it...
Do You Have Occupational Hearing Loss?
For most adults in America, working is a necessary part of everyday life. If you are one of the many who enjoy their career, that’s great! One thing to consider, however, is what else your job is giving you besides a paycheck and a sense of personal achievement....

Bluetooth Hearing Aids – Yesterday’s Future Hearing Technology is Here!
If you’ve been wearing hearing aids for any length of time, you know how much they can improve your ability to hear the world around you. But, you’ve likely also experienced some times when hearing still wasn’t very easy. For example, having a phone conversation with...
Are Seasonal Allergies and Hearing Loss Related?
A large bouquet of flowers, or blooming bushes in your front yard … these are welcome signs of spring. They also indicate the arrival of another well-known time period – allergy season! As pretty as they are, spring flowers can wreak havoc in the lives of people with...

8 Common Occupations That Cause Hearing Loss
When you chose your dream career to pursue in college, did you ever stop to consider the hazards that could come with it? If you’re like most people, probably not. Unfortunately, the sad truth is that there are many occupations that cause hearing loss or could result...

How to Pick the Best Hearing Aids in 2020
Any audiologist will tell you that the best hearing aids are the ones that work for YOU. Hearing loss, including the type and severity, varies from person to person. So do individual lifestyles. A high-tech hearing aid that works perfectly for a teenager, for example,...

Patient-Centered Care In Audiology
Whether you’ve recently been diagnosed with hearing loss, or you’ve been dealing with its effects for years, it’s important to get the health care you deserve. Yes, that includes getting effective treatment, but it also means making sure that the entire process is...

Hearing Loss and Vision Loss – Is There a Connection?
Over the past decade, I have been privileged to help many people hear the world around them. A common question that comes up during an initial evaluation revolves around a connection between hearing loss and vision loss. The conversation generally starts with a...
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