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The Evolution of Hearing Aids
Technological and scientific development over the last few decades has been staggering. In fact, some of the technology today borders on science fiction. We can print a dolphin a new tail using 3D printing, wear…
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Love My Music and Love My Hearing
It seems as if I have been to more concerts lately than I did in my youth! My kids don’t know what to get Mom & Dad for presents anymore so they give us tickets…
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Celebrate the Sounds of Your Life
The American Academy of Audiology is using the slogan of “celebrate the sounds of your life” as a tribute to May as Better Hearing Month. I particularly like this expression because it reminds me that…
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Happy Anniversary to Us
This week marks the 12th anniversary of Decibel Hearing Services. I started my own business later in life so it seemed like a big undertaking at the time. Looking back I see that it was…
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Why Do Hearing Aids Have Such a Bad Rep?
Everyone remembers our parent’s and our grandparent’s hearing aids. They were big old beige things that filled the ear and seemed to whistle (feedback) all the time. Hearing aid users would constantly complain that all…
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Which Manufacturer is the Best?
There are six major hearing aid manufacturers at the present time: Oticon, Phonak, ReSound, Siemens, Starkey and Widex. Some of them have parent companies that incorporate some of the smaller brands as well. For instance,…
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Vanderbilt Study Reveals Senses of Sight and Sound Separated in Children with Autism
Like watching a foreign movie that was badly dubbed, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have trouble integrating simultaneous information from their eyes and their ears, according to a Vanderbilt study published today in The Journal…
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Health Department Launches Ad Campaign Warning of the Dangers of Listening To Loud Headphones
Prolonged exposure to loud sound can cause irreversible hearing damage. The Health Department launched a new ad campaign warning people that listening to headphones at high volume can cause tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and…
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Lab on a Chip Features Drug Delivery Device that Could Restore Hearing
CAMBRIDGE, MA- Draper Laboratory has demonstrated new advances miniaturizing in a drug delivery device that could help patients recover from the most common forms of hearing loss. The lab’s progress on the intracochlear drug delivery device,…
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Mastering School Life Despite Hearing Loss
The Hear the World Foundation gives parents tips on helping their children deal with hearing loss at school. Staefa, 20.02.2014 – Being able to hear the teacher clearly is vital to learning and academic success. This…