Are they right for me? In October 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved over-the-counter hearing aid sales in the US. The law was passed after lobbying efforts by electronics manufacturers, despite protests by many medical and professional...
Small Things Can Make a Big Difference If you wear hearing aids and they don’t seem to be as clear as before. It may be that they are not operating at their best due to something as simple as a clogged filter or wax guard. Consider this check list, below. Batteries -...
We wrote about "your hearing changes over time" a few years ago, but it is so important that we find many of our patients needed to be reminded of this fact again. Research demonstrates that most types of hearing loss gradually worsen as we get older... This means a...
Being able to hear and communicate is an important value at a quality of life level. If you are not hearing as well as you would like and your hearing aid technology is over four years old, you may be missing out on hearing your best! Precision Hearing Instruments has...
We see many referred past users of hearing aids at our hearing aid lab who have had less than good experiences with hearing aids they purchased from various sources. More than ninety percent of the time when questioned on how they were fit and tested with their aids,...
Although the brain becomes smaller with age, the shrinkage seems to be fast-tracked in older adults with hearing loss, according to the results of a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. The findings add to a growing list of...
Hearing loss has been linked with a variety of medical, social and cognitive ills, including dementia. However, a new study led by Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that hearing loss may be a risk factor for another huge public health problem, falls. Lin, an assistant...
The prevalence of hearing loss in the U.S. population has been estimated from self-reported data1 or in age-restricted cohorts2. These estimates may not accurately reflect the true burden of hearingloss in the U.S. We estimated the overall prevalence of audiometric...
Older adults with hearing loss are more likely to develop problems thinking and remembering than older adults whose hearing is normal, according to a new study by hearing experts at Johns Hopkins. In the study, volunteers with hearing loss undergoing repeated...