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Masks & The Hard of Hearing
For the 48 million Americans with hearing loss, communication is challenging enough under the best of circumstances. The global coronavirus pandemic has created additional unexpected obstacles. Many hard of hearing individuals rely on lip reading…
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Is Your Hearing Loss Making You Tired?
When you think of fatigue, you may associate it with physical exertion like running a 5k or attending a spin class. But fatigue has many possible causes, and hearing loss is one of them. Think…
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Safety First on Fourth of July
If you’ve lived in the Las Angeles area for the past few years, you probably have noticed that people like to get a jump on Fourth of July celebrations a little early. But if it…
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Hearing Better in Everyday Environments
When you have hearing loss, everyday listening environments that most people don’t pause to think about can be a challenge. Below are some tips for improving your listening and communication in some challenging everyday situations.…
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What Is Single Sided Deafness?
Known as unilateral hearing loss, single sided deafness occurs when you have a reduction in your ability to hear in only one ear. While common, this type of hearing loss is not often talked about…
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Types of Pediatric Hearing Tests
Hearing is an essential sense for your child’s speech, language and social development. Identifying hearing loss early is essential to ensure your child develops at a healthy rate alongside their peers. There are a variety…
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COVID-19
We know that hearing and communication are essential in a time of emergency. Social distancing does not have to mean social isolation for our patients. We want to make sure that you know there are…
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Six Tips for Driving with Hearing Loss
While hearing loss doesn’t impact the ability to drive the same way vision loss does, it can still create safety barriers. Even a mild hearing loss can affect your ability to hear sirens, horns and…
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What’s Dual Sensory Impairment?
Dual sensory impairment is the name for co-occurring hearing and vision loss. While both are common due to the natural aging process, they can also be the result of Usher’s syndrome or other congenital factors,…
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Can Hearing Loss Be Reversed?
The short answer to this question is no—or rather, not yet. But recent preliminary research from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary show that re-growing missing or damaged cells in the inner…