Hearing loss is usually stereotyped as an older person’s issue or disease.
The senior citizen cupping his hand to his ear and yelling “what did you say?” to the toaster is practically a cliché. It’s understandable, in a way – hearing does degenerate as you age.
But over half of the 36 million American hearing-loss sufferers are under the age of 65.
What options does a young hearing-loss sufferer have?
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We’ve written before about conductive hearing loss, which is treatable, and sensorineural hearing loss, which is not.
What happens when you have both?
The result is a condition known as “mixed hearing loss.” (more…)
You’ve taken your audiologist’s advice and gotten a hearing aid.
You’ve stored your batteries to ensure it’s working properly.
What else is there to do?
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It’s well-known that hearing loss affects millions of Americans.
What’s less well-known is that it affects men at a much higher rate than women.
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There’s nothing appetizing about earwax.
No poems about how clogged and greasy thine lover’s ear is. No movies about how fascinating and dynamic it is. There is not a single-hour long television drama where the primary plot is driven by anything having remotely to do with earwax.
So what’s good about it? (more…)
With all of the fascinating technology being developed on a near-daily basis, hearing aids seem – and have become – thoroughly modern devices. However, the history of hearing aids stretches back several decades, to a brilliant physicist and author named Harvey Fletcher.
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Hearing aids are designed to fit into both ears snugly. Because normal hearing is a combination of stimuli coming from different directions, ensuring proper hearing in both ears is big part of correcting hearing loss. But what about cell phones?
Attractive. Easy-to use. Functional.
Those are the hallmark qualities of Unitron hearing aids. Unitron employs purpose-driven technology to promote clearer, easier hearing. What sets Unitron apart is the range of dynamic features it offers:
Hearing aids are fantastic devices…IF your batteries are functioning properly.
Without properly functioning batteries, hearing aids are little more than extremely expensive earplugs.
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Hearing loss has a variety of negative impacts for it’s sufferer.
One common one is impairment that results in inability to distinguish high-frequency sounds. Traditionally, the greater the hearing loss, the more gain needs to be applied at that frequency. However, for some people, hearing sensitivity is so poor in the high frequencies that it is not possible to provide sufficient gain and achieve audibility. In many cases, the gain is limited by acoustic feedback or by discomfort, resulting from excessive loudness. Cochlear damage renders these sorts of frequency problems with hearing:
>>An inability to recognize certain speech sounds
>>Difficulty distinguishing high-pitched background sounds–like bird chirps and songs
