What is the exact difference between a hearing aid and a personal sound amplifier (PSA)? One difference is that the PSA is being aggressively advertised in recent months generating a great deal of confusion. You don’t see comparable advertisements for hearing...
Sorry to disappoint you, but the “speech banana” is not an innovative new super fruit; it’s not for eating at all.The “speech banana” is a distinctive pattern depicted on an audiogram. Audiograms are typically charted with the frequency...
America has a strong history of gun usage, based to some degree on the TV and movies we knew as a kids, which showed us pictures of policemen and cowboys firing guns pretty much all the time. Regular exposure to these visuals is among many reasons that you will find...
One of the more common questions we hear is, “My hearing aid is broken or just isn’t functioning the same way it used to – do you think I should purchase a new one, or have it repaired?” The truthful answer needs to be, “Well, that...
Acute external otitis or otitis externa – more commonly known as swimmer’s ear – is an infection that strikes the outer ear canal, the area outside your eardrum. It is termed “swimmer’s ear” because it quite often arises due to...
Sound is a vital part of our lives, but like most things, its impact on us depends on both the quality of the sounds we hear, and the quantity of them. For example, for most of us, listening to music we enjoy is comforting and restful, but flip the volume of the same...
