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Why You Need A Health Professional To Fit Your New Hearing Aids
When you have got an ache or an itch, if you’re feeling tired or just a bit off, what’s the first thing you do? Ask the Internet for help? You’re not alone. In the age of the Internet it seems good advice or a handy product to get your health back on track is only a...
How to Survive Thanksgiving With Hearing Loss
Thanksgiving is exciting, but let's face it, it can be pretty stressful if you have hearing loss. Your nearest and dearest bustle around talking over each other, clattering dishes as they go and the background music always seems to be a little too high. All this...
Why Hearing Aid Stigma Has Ended
Ugly, clunky and a source of ridicule. That is not what hearing aids are like. That is an outdated stereotype of what hearing aids used to be like. Unfortunately, fear over the stigma that comes with wearing hearing aids persists, despite hearing aids having...
Why You Should Avoid Buying Hearing Aids Online
If you had a problem with your teeth, would you go and see an optician? Or perhaps you would seek out the sage advice of a gynecologist if your vision starts to go? It sounds silly, but when it comes to hearing issues, too many of us don’t use the services of a...
Football Fans, Listen Up!
Football season has just started and fans everywhere, young and old are getting ready to go and cheer their favorite teams on. Did you know that in 2015, a new sound record was set at Neyland Stadium? During the second quarter, when the Vols were beating Oklahoma by...
How Balance Testing Can Assess Your Risk of Falls
Nobody wants to suffer the setback of a fall. Thankfully, falls can be prevented. September is National Fall Prevention Month and we’d like to help stop you or your loved one from being at risk of falling. With just a few simple balance and strength tests, we may be...
Why You Should Be An Advocate for Hearing Loss
You’ve been labeled as hearing impaired. It’s who you are now. Except, it’s only one part of who are. So why would you want to draw more attention to it by becoming a hearing loss advocate? Well, the funny thing is by becoming an advocate for your hearing loss, you’ll...
How Hearing Loss Affects Your Balance
Everyone experiences feeling dizzy or losing their balance at some time or another. Luckily, most of us only feel it occasionally, for example when standing up too quickly. However, sometimes balance issues can become a regular problem. Hearing and balance...
A Guide to Different Styles of Hearing Aid
From laptops to cars, when making a purchase it is easy to spend hours and hours reading reviews online and still somehow be none the wiser. So, when it comes to picking the right kind of hearing aid, it pays to visit a hearing specialist. They can guide you through...
Having Difficulty Understanding Speech In Noisy Environments?
Life just keeps getting busier. So, it’s great when Labor Day swings around and you can actually catch up with family and friends over a big family dinner, right? Maybe not, if you’re spending the entire time straining to hear what everyone’s talking about. The parade...