What is the exact difference between a hearing aid and a personal sound amplifier (PSA)? One difference is that the PSA is being heavily advertised to the consumer generating a lot of confusion. You don’t see similar ads for hearing aids in part because they are medical devices according to the Food & Drug Administration […]
No, the “speech banana” isn’t a fruit that enhances hearing nor is it related to the classic vaudeville joke that goes, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The thing that the term “speech banana” refers to is a particular pattern found in the results of an audiogram, which is a […]
Do you have hearing loss? If yes, do you sometimes find that it feels like work just to understand what the people around you are saying? This is a sensation that happens even to those wearing hearing aids, because in order for them to perform well you have to have them tuned and adjusted correctly, […]
Sound is a vital part of our world, but like most things, its impact on us depends on both the quality and quantity of the sounds we hear. Listening to music can be calming and enjoyable, but it can also be annoying and irritating if the volume is excessive. When it comes to music and […]
Acute external otitis or otitis externa is an infection of the outer ear canal – the part outside your eardrum. Most people recognize it by its common name – swimmer’s ear. It is known as swimmer’s ear because it commonly occurs because of water staying in the ears after swimming; this creates a wet environment […]
Understanding the way we hear is the first step in understanding the many reasons for hearing loss and the different types of hearing loss. Including the ear canal and the eardrum, the outer ear is the part of the ear on the exterior of the head which receives sounds. In the middle ear three miniature […]
For anyone who is finding it harder to hear ladies voices or kid’s voices than to hear male voices, it may be an indication that you have experienced some amount of high-frequency hearing loss. Men’s voices tend to fall into the frequency range of 85 to 180 Hz, while ladies’ and kid’s voices have a […]
Tinnitus is unfortunately a prevalent problem, affecting approximately 50 million Americans over the age of 50. Tinnitus causes people who have it to hear constant sounds “in their heads” that people around them can’t hear – buzzing or roaring sounds, high-pitched whistling or ringing, or rapid clicking. Many people “learn to live with” their tinnitus, […]
The hearing problem known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD (also called Auditory Processing Disorder, or APD) is based not on an inability to hear sounds correctly with the ears, but on the brain’s inability to process and interpret these sounds. The person with Central Auditory Processing Disorder hears sounds correctly but something adversely […]
One component of hearing loss that is not often discussed is the basic decrease in safety of people who have experienced it. For example, imagine that a fire breaks out in your home; if you are like most of us you have smoke alarms to sound an alert so that you and your loved ones […]
