August 16, 2013 | Amplisound Hearing Care Centers | Hearing Aids News
Selecting hearing aids can be challenging if you’re not familiar with the numerous acronyms used to identify popular types. This list includes the majority of the abbreviations you’ll run into when searching for hearing aids and offers a brief explanation of each one. The very best way to truly understand the distinctions is to compare […]
Vertigo, a perception of movement in which the individual or the individual’s surroundings seem to spin and whirl, is usually a rather unpleasant experience. Vertigo can affect balance, leading to falls which can be dangerous in the elderly, and may be accompanied by dizziness, a feeling that you are spinning or falling, and in serious […]
“Speech bananas” aren’t mid-day snacks for audiologists.What the “speech banana” refers to is a special pattern shown in the data of an audiogram, which is a graphical representation of an individual’s hearing acuity inside a set range of volume levels and frequencies. Audiograms are plots of sound frequency (on the horizontal axis) and decibels (on […]
America’s passion for guns is almost unique in the world; we grew up with movies and television programs about police and cowboys and heroes who were all carrying guns and shooting them regularly. The impression from these images was definitely powerful, because the US continues to have millions of gun owners who fire them often, […]
What is the exact difference between a hearing aid and a personal sound amplifier (PSA)? One difference is that the personal sound amplifier is being aggressively advertised to the consumer generating a lot of confusion. You generally don’t see comparable advertisements for hearing aids because they are medical devices according to the FDA and can’t […]
When you have children, sooner or later they are going to ask you to purchase them headphones that they can use with their gaming systems, computers and music players. Headphones can markedly increase children’s experience with these entertainment and learning multimedia, but there are some features you should look for when buying these headphones. The […]
One of the questions most asked of hearing specialists is, “My hearing aid is broken or is not working as well as it used to – should I have it repaired, or get a new one?” The truthful answer has to be, “It depends.” The matter of whether to repair or replace depends on many […]
Sound in an extraordinary thing. It impacts our emotions and thoughts in so many different ways – both negative and positive. Listening to music can be soothing and enjoyable, but it can also be stressful and aggravating if the volume is too loud. Everyone has a different taste in music, therefore the quality of a […]
For people reading this who have suffered some form of hearing loss, do you ever find yourself having to work really hard to understand what’s being said to you or around you? This is a sensation that happens even to people wearing hearing aids, because in order for them to work well you need to […]
Acute external otitis – more commonly known as swimmer’s ear – is an infection that strikes the outer ear canal, the section outside your eardrum. This type of infection was given the name “swimmer’s ear” because it is very often brought on by water remaining in the outer ear following swimming, which provides a moist […]
