HEARING TIPS
How Music Influences Moods
For centuries, people have found that music helps them to boost energy and mood--some even claim that music helps them heal more quickly. Now, new research shows that listening to music can lift (or reinforce) your mood and ultimately leading to a greater quality of...
An Introduction to Made for iPhone Hearing Aids
Among smartphones, the iPhone stands out as an innovation leader. One of Apple's latest innovations is collaborating with hearing aid manufacturers to create iPhone software and apps that work together with certain hearing aid models. These devices are named made for...
Echoes – How Are They Created?
Many people have experienced the phenomenon of an echo, often while in a large canyon or cave. This phenomenon is called an echo, which has its origins in the Greek ekho, meaning "sound." So how does an echo occur? In short, the sound waves from your voice bounce off...
Loss of Spatial Hearing- General Overview
A loss of spatial hearing presents itself as the inability to distinguish spatial cues. For example, if a person suffers from spatial loss of hearing, they would likely be unable to tell where a sound came from. They would also have a difficult time picking one...
Swimmer's Ear Prevention and Treatment
Acute external otitis is an infection of the outer ear canal - the portion outside the eardrum. Most people recognize it by its common name - swimmer's ear. It is termed "swimmer's ear" because it quite often develops due to liquid staying in the ears after swimming;...
Regenerating Inner Ear Hair Cells is One Potential Route for Curing Hearing Loss
Among the sometimes frustrating things about being a hearing care specialist is that many of the conditions we encounter which have caused our patients to lose their hearing cannot be reversed. For example, one of the most common causes of hearing loss is damage to...
Should You Replace Your Old Hearing Aid or Fix It?
One of the questions most asked of hearing specialists is, "My hearing aid is broken or is not working as well as it used to - should I have it repaired, or get a new one?" Presented with only that much information, we have to answer truthfully, "Well, that depends."...
A Look at the Relationships Between Hearing Loss and Decline in Cognitive Function
For those of you who have suffered some type of hearing impairment, do you ever find yourself having to work very hard to understand what's being said to you or around you? This experience of having to try to understand people is common even among people who use...
Preventing Long Term Hearing Loss in Musicians
In addition to all of them being musicians, what do Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Ludwig van Beethoven and Brian Wilson have in common? All of these musicians experienced - as a result of playing the music they love - permanent hearing loss. When musicians come to...
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