Yard Work Can Damage Your Hearing
When the sun is out, the air is warm and there’s a cool breeze, it’s the perfect time to fire up the lawnmower and start working on the yard. However, if you’re not careful, you can cause irreversible damage to your ears. Follow our tips to protect your hearing this summer while you’re doing yard…
Hearing Loss Advice: Don’t Delay Treatment!
Despite the fact hearing aids have been linked to healthier relationships, improved work performance and better overall quality of life, only about 20 percent of people who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one. In addition, even the people who do seek treatment wait about seven years after being diagnosed to do so….
Can Assistive Listening Devices Help?
While hearing aids are your first treatment option for your hearing loss, sometimes they can use a little extra help, especially in complex listening situations. Assistive listening devices can help improve your phone calls, television watching, classroom learning and even help make sure you hear your doorbell. Below is a breakdown of the different types…
What Is Noise Pollution?
Undesirable or bothersome sounds are classified as noise. When consistent noises begin to cause negative emotional and physical effects on humans or animals, they are known as noise pollution. Understanding what causes noise pollution can help you protect yourself and your hearing. What Sounds Are Classified as Noise Common sources of noise pollution include: Construction…
How Hearing Aids Help You Hear Better
Hearing aids are complex electronic devices that help you communicate in countless listening situations and reconnect with the ones you love. How does a tiny device do all that? We’ll explain. Four Key Components of Every Hearing Aid Hearing aids work by amplifying sounds to a level you can hear with your degree of hearing…
COVID-19
Updated: 7/29/2021 Hearing is ESSENTIAL. We’re proud to be open and offering full services at this time following all CDC guidelines to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our patients and staff. Clinic Appointments: We are open for in-office visits. We continue to require an appointment to enter the clinic, so we request that you…
Get Used to Your Hearing Aids with These Four Tips
Hearing aids do not fix your hearing loss; they amplify sounds to a level your ears can hear. Your ears will be exposed to noises you have not heard in years, and some noises, like your voice, will sound different than you remember. Getting used to wearing your new hearing aids takes some time, but…
Tips for Dining with Hearing Loss
Living with hearing loss can make enjoyable activities very difficult. You may have difficulty following conversations, especially in venues with lots of background noise, like restaurants. This is why many people with hearing loss experience social withdrawal, which can ultimately lead to depression and even cognitive decline. Below are some tips to help you better…
Announcing Hearing Health Center’s Hearing with a Heart Essay Contest
Win a FREE PAIR of Phonak Premium Hearing Aids To kick off our Year of Giving Back to the community, we’re giving away a pair of hearing aids to someone in need of this life-changing gift. To Enter: Submit an essay about you or someone you know describing the challenges faced by a person living…
Hearing Loops Can Make Movies More Enjoyable
Moviegoing is a popular pastime throughout Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. What else are you going to do when it’s ten below zero with a foot of snow on the ground?! Catching a flick is a great opportunity to escape the everyday stress, but if you’re suffering from hearing loss, it might actually lead to…