Tinnitus is widespread in the United States with approximately 50 million sufferers over the age of 50. Tinnitus causes people who have it to hear continuous sounds “in their heads” that people surrounding them cannot hear – buzzing or roaring sounds, high-pitched whistling or ringing, or rapid clicking. For some tinnitus sufferers, this constant barrage
“Should I wear 1 or 2 hearing aids?” This is a relatively common question originating from the fact that hearing aids are a significant investment.For the majority of cases, the many benefits of using two hearing aids surpass that added expense, but there are certain scenarios where this isn’t the best advice. Obviously, if you
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD, is a hearing disorder in which the trouble lies not with the ears, but with the brain. People with Central Auditory Processing Disorder have no difficulty hearing sounds – especially speech – but, their brains don’t interpret the sound inputs correctly. That’s why the disorder is sometimes summarized as
One component of hearing loss that is rarely discussed is the basic decrease in safety of those who have experienced it. For instance, imagine that a fire starts in your home; if you are like most people you have smoke detectors to sound an alert so that you and your family can evacuate the house
Hearing loss has various forms – it may develop gradually (for example, due to aging) or all of a sudden (as the result of an accident or trauma). The experience of hearing loss may range between mild episodes of not hearing conversations correctly to severe periods of total deafness, and can be either temporary or
A little bit of history and an explanation of how analog devices work vs how digital devices work is essential to understand the distinctions between analog and digital hearing aids. Analog technology emerged first, and consequently most hearing aids were analog until digital signal processing (DSP) was invented, after which digital hearing aids appeared. Currently,