If your hearing aid is whistling or feeding back I may be able to help. I am offering to try to fix your feedback problem if I can. Please come into the office Tuesday, Dec. 20 between the hours of 1-3 p.m. and let me take a look at your …
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Every holiday season I give back to the community by giving away a free pair of digital hearing aids to a deserving individual. I will also provide free in house repairs by appointment and bringing in a copy of this article. Everyone deserves to hear during the holidays! The holidays …
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Nothing, except I may have gotten your attention. I love telling hearing stories. I have two recent stories to share with you. Both are about elderly people with happy hearing endings.
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Last week I had an open house for Lyric extended wear hearing aids called “Lyric Days.” Because I am a true independent audiologist, I don’t have big pockets for advertising like some of the franchise offices, so it was a big deal for me.
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It depends on what style of hearing aid you are purchasing. If you are purchasing one of the new mini BTE’s (Behind the Ear) your hearing health care office may have some in stock that you may take home that day. There are generally two types of mini BTE’s. One …
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Almost everyone knows someone who wears a hearing aid which tends to whistle. What causes this annoying and embarrassing sound? Feedback is a whistling sound, which occurs when sound from the aid escapes back out of the ear and makes the aid amplify it over again.
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Presbycusis is the medical term for age-related hearing loss. Causes of presbycusis include changes within the inner ear (damage to the tiny hair cells that pick up sound), changes in the middle ear (stiffening of the tympanic membrane and ossicles), complex changes along the nerve pathway leading to the brain, …
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Hearing aid batteries usually cost about $1 a piece. A size 13 hearing aid battery (the most common size) in a well-working hearing aid usually lasts 7-10 days, or approximately one week. Some of the newer aids are getting up to three weeks. If your hearing aid is going through …
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If you have hearing loss you should make a "New Ear's Resolution" to help yourself hear well. Make that appointment for that hearing test that you have been putting off. Not sure if you have hearing loss or a blockage with wax? Ask for a free screening. Get those hearing …
Every holiday season, I give back to the community by giving away a free pair of digital hearing aids to a deserving individual. I will also provide free in-house repairs by appointment and bringing in a copy of this article.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
There is a manufacturer that has developed some new technologies to help people with hearing aids hear better on the telephone. One is a cell phone solution and one is a cordless landline solution. Both work really well. My patients are very impressed. The only drawback is that they are …
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