What Is a Directional Microphone?
If you have hearing loss, you know that listening in places with a lot of background noise or locating where a specific sound is coming from can be difficult. The good news? Hearing aids with directional microphones can help! Let’s take a closer look at how they work and the ways they can benefit you….
How to Help Your Grandchildren Understand Your Hearing Aids
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Among adults aged 45 and over, hearing difficulties increased with age among men and women.” If you’re in this age group and are experiencing hearing loss, your audiologist may have recommended hearing aids. If so, you may be wondering how to help your grandchildren understand…
Why Hearing Aids Are Different from Glasses
According to The Vision Council, “There are 166.5 million US adults (63.7%) wearing Rx eyeglasses as of 2021.” In contrast, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports, “About 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids”; however, only one in five people who could benefit actually uses one. These statistics…
How to Get the Most Out of Your Hearing Aids This Year
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, “Among adults aged 70 and older with hearing loss who could benefit from hearing aids, fewer than one in three (30 percent) has ever used them. Even fewer adults aged 20 to 69 (approximately 16 percent) who could benefit from wearing hearing aids have…
Solutions for Common Hearing Aid Side Effects
According to the findings of a 2019 study published in the Journal of the America Academy of Audiology, “Although a large number of adults with hearing loss who use hearing aids experience some degree of negative side effects, those effects tend to be mild.” If side effects are causing you not to want to wear…
Tips for Holiday Travel with Hearing Aids
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders estimates that, “Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing.” This means, if you experience hearing loss, you’re far from alone this holiday season. For those traveling with hearing aids, it can be an especially stressful experience. Fortunately, there…
How to Adjust to Hearing Your Own Voice with Hearing Aids
If you’re new to hearing aids, there’s a lot you have to learn, including how to get used to the sound of your own voice. In fact, according to one study published in Trends in Hearing, “Dissatisfaction with the sound of one’s own voice is common among hearing-aid users.” We review how to get used…
A Guide To Hearing Aid Controls
Hearing aids can be a game-changing investment for people with hearing loss. They can give you renewed confidence in your ability to communicate with others and navigate through the world and can even benefit your health. Different hearing aids come with a variety of different controls, which can be confusing to new users. Let’s take…
Learn About the History of the Hearing Aid for Audiology Awareness Month
Hearing aids are an incredibly popular and life-changing device. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 7.1% of the population aged 45 and over used a hearing aid. Modern hearing aids are worlds apart from their earliest incarnations. However, they wouldn’t be what they are today without the ingenuity of people…
Get into the Spooky Spirit with Hearing Aids
Halloween is approaching quickly, which means it is time to start thinking about what costume you’re going to be wearing. If you use hearing aids, you may even consider making them part of your costume or decorating them so that they stand out. Hearing aid stigma is becoming a thing of the past, and by…