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Important Hearing Milestones for Your Baby
It’s adorable when your baby babbles and coos, but you may not realize your child is doing much more than being cute. These nonsensical noises are actually “practice” for developing the vowel and consonant sounds…
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The 3 Best Hearing Aid Advancements: What They Mean for You
In this article: Forget ChatGPT. Artificial intelligence can do much more than compose messages and create stellar illustrations. Now, AI is forging new ground in some of the latest hearing aid advancements. If you or…
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How Do Hearing Aids Work?
If you lived 100 years ago, a “portable” hearing aid was the size of a filing cabinet that weighed 220 pounds. Not exactly ideal if you’re trying to catch the latest show at Raleigh Little…
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How Loud is Too Loud? Seven Ways to Protect Your Hearing
Listening to your favorite band during a gym workout can inspire you through those last five minutes, but it may be doing irreversible damage to your hearing. One in 5 Americans experience hearing loss, but a staggering…
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Are “Sleigh Bells” Ringing in Your Ears? Solutions for Tinnitus
There are times over the winter holidays when you expect to hear ringing: jingle bells on “Santa’s “reindeer, hand bell choirs preforming traditional carols, or the Salvation Army’s bell ringers. However, there’s an extreme difference between…
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Five Common Causes Of Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss It’s one of the most common health challenges in America: An estimated 48 million Americans have difficulty hearing. Among those 65 years old and older, 1 in 3 has some type of hearing loss.…
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How to Select the Hearing Aid that is Right for You
More than 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. Among 65-year-old Americans, one out of three has some type of hearing loss. Even so, hearing loss is not a problem that is limited to…
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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
This month’s blog will cover Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL), which is defined as sensorineural hearing loss of at least 30 dB in 3 sequential frequencies that occurs over 3 days or less. The incidence…
