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…
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…
Pros & Cons of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
There’s been a lot of talk about over-the-counter hearing aids, as they are geared for a nationwide rollout beginning sometime in 2020. With around 20 percent of people in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota experiencing hearing loss, the ready availability of a lower-cost alternative to physician-prescribed hearing aids appears, on the surface, to be a…
The Importance of Hearing Aid Counseling
About 20 percent of people in America’s heartland experience hearing loss. The majority of patients in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota will benefit from treatment with hearing aids, but learning to use them properly in order to get the most from these devices is a multi-step process. Choosing a Hearing Aid is the Easy Part…
How Do Hearing Aids Work?
If you’re like nine out of ten people diagnosed with hearing loss in Minnesota, South Dakota, or Iowa, your audiologist is likely to recommend treatment with hearing aids. Before you try them on, it’s best to have an idea about how they work. After all, you wouldn’t slide behind the wheel of a car if…