by Bright Audiology | Jul 23, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears implies that there is a wrong way, and undoubtedly, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is widespread, and it breaches the very first rule of cleaning your ears:...
by Bright Audiology | Jul 16, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It’s typical to think of hearing loss as an inevitable problem associated with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s routine use of iPods. But the numbers show that the bigger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In...
by Bright Audiology | Jun 18, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Roughly 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no external sound source exists. This phantom sound is normally perceived as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking....
by Bright Audiology | Jun 11, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most crucial part of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this short guide,...
by Bright Audiology | Jun 4, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
The World Health Organization reports that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, brought about by exposure to excessive sound levels from personal mp3 devices and noisy environments such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting...
by Bright Audiology | May 28, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
If we really want to understand hearing loss, we need to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more difficult, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. In conjunction, the...
