Spring cleaning is more than an activity — it’s a mindset. Beyond the dusting, de-cobwebbing, and cleaning behind furniture, what else could benefit from a deep dive? Your hearing technology. The holidays and long winter months can throw even the...
Why Hearing Aids Aren’t a Straight-From-the-Box Solution
A couple of common questions we get are “Why do I need follow-up appointments?” and “Why am I still trying to adjust to my hearing aids?” Put simply, hearing loss is gradual, so your better-hearing journey will be, too. In...
5 Tips for Embracing Your Hearing Tech
Just as the road to better hearing can take time — hearing-aid users on average waited a decade-plus after diagnosis before getting hearing technology — it’s natural to need an adjustment period with your new devices. Learning to embrace and...
Warm Ears Are Healthy Ears
Winter can be a wonderful season filled with holiday cheer, cozy sweaters, hot cocoa, snowball fights, and thrilling sports like skiing and ice skating. Unfortunately, our ears are particularly vulnerable to the cold (especially if hearing aids are worn), so...
When Hearing Aids Go Haywire: 5 Tips and Tricks to Keep Tech on Track
While more advanced and powerful than ever, hearing aids are still very delicate pieces of machinery. It is relatively easy to damage them, and occasionally, units malfunction of their own accord. When this happens, you should always make an appointment...
5 Professional Benefits of Better Hearing
Better Hearing Boosts Income? Starting on a better-hearing journey improves your life in many ways, from overall health to mental health to relationships. As it turns out, there’s yet another area of your life that improves when you treat hearing...
From Festivities to Feasts: 6 Tips to Hear Your Best at Parties and Dinners
There are countless ways for you to hear your best this holiday and endless events to practice at. When you find out what works best for you, you’re giving yourself the greatest gift of all: connection. Check out our six...
Are You Making the Most of Your Hearing Benefits?
It’s all too easy to get sidetracked from your health care while preparing for and celebrating the holidays — Halloween hits, and already you’re confirming December flight plans — so we want to remind you to take advantage of unused...
6 Tips For A Comfortable Flight
Your Ears and Altitude You’re cruising at 39,000 feet, seat reclined, in-flight movie rolling along, when the pilot announces, “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re beginning our descent. Please put your seats and tray tables in the upright position, and prepare for...
How to Listen to Music With Hearing Aids
Traditional hearing aids are designed to help those with hearing loss better hear and understand the acoustic characteristics of speech — but not so much music. In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, celebrated during April, here are some hearing tips,...