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 other warning signs over the sound of the car engine and the passengers. Below are six tips for staying aware…
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, as well as head trauma. What Are the Risks of Dual Sensory Impairment? While certain levels of both hearing and…
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 ear to reverse hearing loss may someday be possible. About the Study This proof-of-concept study, published last December in Nature…
Decibel Hearing Congratulates the Winner of Hear for the Holidays Contest
In an effort to give back to the community, we ran an essay contest in December giving away a pair of Oticon premium hearing aids to an individual in need living with hearing loss. Choosing a winner from among the many worthy nominees was difficult, but after much deliberation, we named John Trusty as the…
Holiday Travel with Hearing Aids
Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays might be a popular anthem this time of year, but many Southern California residents hit the roads or take to the skies to visit with relatives over the holidays. If you have hearing loss in Simi Valley or Thousand Oaks and are planning on traveling, we…
The Truth About Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Beginning sometime next year, people with hearing loss in Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks will be able to walk into the drugstore and purchase a hearing aid without even seeing a doctor. While this promises to make hearing care more affordable for the 20 percent of Californians who have a hearing impairment, there are some…
A Step-by-Step Guide to Tinnitus Sound Therapy
50 million Americans experience tinnitus, a sensation of noise in the ears—typically a ringing, but also described as a buzzing, hissing, roaring, whooshing, clicking or other sound. That’s about 20 percent of the population in Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks! There is no cure for tinnitus, but management strategies such as tinnitus sound therapy can…
Welcome to the Era of Smart Hearing Aids
Smart devices are infiltrating Simi Valley homes on a regular basis these days. What started with virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa has grown to include a diverse range of products such as light bulbs, thermostats and doorbells. The technology is even finding its way into hearing aids. Innovations in Hearing Aid Technology Once upon…
The Link Between Chemicals and Hearing Loss
Hearing loss in Simi Valley is most often associated with noise exposure or natural aging. Other factors can be responsible, too; one of the lesser-known dangers involves chemicals. Which Chemicals are Harmful to Hearing? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Safety and Health Information Bulletin in 2018 warning that exposure to some chemicals may…
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Come Between You & Your Career
Once upon a time, people entering their 60s were on the verge of retiring. But with the average lifespan increasing at about the same rate as the cost of living, that retirement nest egg doesn’t go as far as it used to. Many people in Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks are choosing to keep working…