by Bright Audiology | May 21, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Most people are surprised to learn how young the field of audiology actually is, and just how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you desired to find the founding father of biology, for instance, you’d have to go back in...
by Bright Audiology | Apr 26, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
At times, it seems as if we prefer to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry titled “List of common misconceptions” that consists of hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the webpage and you’ll see...
by Bright Audiology | Apr 5, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before pursuing a qualified professional diagnosis, notwithstanding the fact that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are very clear to other people. But are those with hearing loss simply too stubborn to...
by Bright Audiology | Mar 26, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
If the unknown creates anxiety, then a visit to the hearing specialist is particularly stressful. While the majority of us have experience with the family physician and the hometown dentist, the trip to the hearing specialist could be a first. It certainly would be...
by Bright Audiology | Mar 19, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
While the majority of us keep current with our once-a-year physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we notoriously fail to think about the health of our hearing. And when our hearing does begin to worsen, it appears so gradually that we hardly notice and fail...
by Bright Audiology | Mar 12, 2015 | Hearing Loss Articles
Do you recall the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetic wristbands that promised to deliver instant and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t see much of that marketing anymore; in 2008, the makers of the Q-Ray...
