Holiday Hearing Tip #7
We want to help you make the most of your celebrations with friends and family through helpful holiday hearing tips! Each week we’ll feature a new tip from our doctors to make sure you get the most out of your holiday celebrations! Tip #7: Let your friends and family know how to best speak with…
Hearing Loss Association Presentation
This past Saturday, Dr. Neeru Rohila-Chadha gave a presentation to the Hearing Loss Association of Washington (HLA-WA) on tinnitus. The group consisted of 30 people varying in age, degree of hearing loss, and devices utilized (hearing aids, cochlear implant, BAHA, and the chapter chair recently got a service dog to use with her hearing aids)….
Holiday Hearing Tip #6
We want to help you make the most of your celebrations with friends and family through helpful holiday hearing tips! Each week we’ll feature a new tip from our doctors to make sure you get the most out of your holiday celebrations! Tip #6: Pay attention to your communication partner If you really want to…
Loud Noises Harmful to the Heart
We’ve all heard about the numerous studies that show loud noise can play a role on hearing loss, but did you know it can also impact your heart? In a recently published peer-reviewed journal, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, it was found that when employee’s spend numerous years in a noisy workplace, their chances of developing serious…
Holiday Hearing Tip #5
We want to help you make the most of your celebrations with friends and family through helpful holiday hearing tips! Each week we’ll feature a new tip from our doctors to make sure you get the most out of your holiday celebrations! Tip #5: Don’t Bluff We’ve all done it! Acted like we understood what…
Holiday Hearing Tip #4
We want to help you make the most of your celebrations with friends and family through helpful holiday hearing tips! Each week we’ll feature a new tip from our doctors to make sure you get the most out of your holiday celebrations! Tip #4: Sit Facing Eachother If you are going out for an evening…
Read This Before You Shop
As you head out to the malls and stores this Black Friday, take into account the new “Noisy Toy” research that came out from The Sight and Hearing Foundation. The group conducts the study annually to measure the newest toys of the holiday season to see just how loud they really are. This year’s top two offenders,…
Holiday Hearing Tip #3
We want to help you make the most of your celebrations with friends and family through helpful holiday hearing tips! Each week we’ll feature a new tip from our doctors to make sure you get the most out of your holiday celebrations! Tip #3: Have Your Hearing Instruments Tuned-Up Just like any technology, it’s good…
New Test Can Screen All Deafness Genes
University of Iowa researchers working with colleagues in Baylor College of Medicine have developed a test that can screen all of the genes that cause deafness. Previous testing required examining each gene individually. The process could take up to a year, and cost around $1,000 per gene – totalling up to $75,000 when testing all…
Smoking and Hearing Loss?
In an article released in the BBC News this morning, they reveal that second hand smoke can play a role in hearing loss. A recent study was conducted and published in the journal, Tobacco Control. The study conducted by researchers from the University of Miami and Florida International University looked at the hearing test results of 3,307…