The Avalon Hearing Christmas Mission is our favorite event of the year, where we get to celebrate the true spirit of giving and provide 12 wonderful Sacramento residents the gift of better hearing. Over the past few weeks, the 12 recipients have come in for a...
By age 40, about 1 in 10 adults will experience some hearing loss. It happens so slowly and gradually, says audiologist Dina Rollins. “You don’t realize what you’re missing.” And even as it worsens, many people are in denial. By the time...
Hearing aids have not in the past always worked effectively with mobile phones, because of electronic interference between the 2 devices that caused static, whistling or squealing noises, or lost words. New government regulations, together with considerable advances...
Recently, I met a man who had worn hearing aids for four years. We’ll call him George. George was deeply resigned because he still had to work extremely hard to understand a conversation. When in a social gathering with more than four people, he tended to withdraw...
Every week I meet someone who invested in hearing aids, hoping to solve some of their communication problems, only to become frustrated and disgusted that they ever tried hearing aids in the first place. It doesn’t have to be that way for you. Did you know that one...
