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Can Hearing Aids Slow Cognitive Decline?
Researchers have long been interested in a possible connection between hearing loss and age-related cognitive decline. Could treating hearing loss be an effective measure for reducing someone’s risk of dementia or other cognition changes? And more specifically, could...
Audiology Awareness Month and Healthy Hearing Tips
Did you know that October is National Audiology Awareness Month? Promoted by the American Academy of Audiology and hearing healthcare professionals around the country, this month is dedicated to YOU and your hearing health. What is audiology? Before we get into...
Why You Should Get Professional Hearing Protection
Professional hearing protection provided by an audiologist can be a great choice if you want to protect your hearing for years to come. In fact, many people with noise-induced hearing loss admit they wish they’d known about and used hearing protection before it was...
Importance of Hearing Tests For Back to School Children
Has your child had a hearing screening recently? If not, now is the perfect time to schedule one. Hearing tests are especially important for school children as hearing plays a key role in the learning process. Today, we’ll walk you through some of the top reasons why...
Could Wearing Sony CRE-C10 OTC Hearing Aids Help Prevent Cognitive Decline?
It’s been less than a year since over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids first hit retail store shelves. And among those models that are currently available, the Sony CRE-C10 OTC hearing aids have become a popular option. Here, we’ll take a closer look at what...
New Research Links Hearing Loss and Dementia
A variety of studies in recent years have shown a promising connection between hearing loss and dementia. Not surprisingly, new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has revealed results that are consistent with previous findings. Hearing...
Ear Candling: Is It a Safe and Effective Earwax Removal Method?
Proponents of ear candling claim that this procedure can remove earwax buildups, clear up sinus congestion, improve hearing problems, or even reduce migraines or other headaches. But is there any truth to these claims? And even more importantly, is ear candling safe?...
Diabetes and Hearing Loss: What’s the Connection?
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), diabetes and hearing loss are two of America’s most common health issues. In fact, the ADA states that research has shown hearing loss frequency in diabetics to be twice as common as that found in non-diabetics....
What to Expect During a Hearing Test
One of the concerns we hear most often at our Mesa and Scottsdale audiology clinics is patients wondering what to expect during a hearing test. We find that many people know that the end result of a hearing evaluation is learning whether or not they have hearing loss....
5 Key Benefits of Learning American Sign Language
Learning American Sign Language, or any other type of sign language for that matter, has often been tied closely with the hearing impaired community. But did you know that even if you aren’t deaf and don’t have hearing loss, you and those around you could benefit from...
Accessible Gaming For People With Hearing Loss
In past decades, accessible gaming was not always an option for video game lovers who had any kind of visual, auditory, or motor disability. Gamers with disabilities either couldn’t play a particular game or they needed to make their own adaptations in order to play....
Best Accessibility Apps of 2022: Increasing Access to Technology
If you’ve never heard the term ‘accessibility apps’ before, you may be slightly confused about what it means. After all, doesn’t accessibility refer to making buildings or living spaces easier to access or enter? Yes, it does. But it also refers to making technology...
Top Communication Tips For Dating a Deaf Person
Communication is a critical component of any relationship but imagine dating a deaf person, or even someone with mild to moderate hearing loss. Is it possible to still communicate effectively so that both parties can get what they want and need out of the...
Hearing Loss Affects More Than Hearing
By definition, hearing loss equates to an inability to hear well, but did you know that hearing loss affects more than hearing? Unfortunately, many people are unaware of this simple but important fact. Perhaps this is why so many individuals wait to get their hearing...
Single-Sided Deafness: Living In a Muffled World
What’s it like when half of the world goes silent? For most of us, we’ll never know. For those living with single-sided deafness (SSD), however, it’s a daily occurrence … one that brings with it a plethora of emotions and challenges. In just a minute, we’ll take a...