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 make lives better. Save them, even. Nonetheless, many people don’t wear them.
Why not?
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Wearing a hearing aid can save your life.
Hearing loss, especially in a large, busy city, can negatively affect your ability to properly react to dangerous elements.
So why are people so hesitant to get hearing aids?
A variety of reasons:
>>Hearing aids can be bulky.
>>Hearing aids can be unseemly.
>>Hearing aids can be a hassle–where’s the guarantee that when it comes to a crowded party or loud restaurant? Will these hearing aids even work properly?
Enter the Audéo SMART, the world’s smallest hearing system with full wireless functionality.
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Hearing is a very precious sense that none should ever take for granted. It is very sad whenever one is diagnosed with a hearing problem. Sometimes the loss is conductive but in many cases it is sensorineural hearing loss.
Thanks to our improvements in technology, now sensorineural loss can be treated more properly. Patients can still lead excellent lives and not have to worry about being at a disadvantage when it comes to their hearing.
People often connect that being deaf or having a hearing problem are linked to the elderly. If you see any audiologist, they will be quickly dispel this myth and tell you through audiological research anyone can suffer from hearing loss. Sometime it is difficult to notice, though. An older person can let you know if they have a hearing problem, but what about infants or young toddlers?
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As I mentioned in our last post, when it comes to our hearing the smallest bones in the human body are essential to our hearing. These bones however can have problems such as otosclerosis–a condition where the softer parts of the stirrup (stape) harden thus making it harder for the bones to vibrate causing hearing loss. If not treated as soon as possible, this condition will cause deafness in both ears. There is a procedure to repair it with a surgery known as a stapedectomy. An audiologist would diagnose the problem but is performed by a specialized ear surgeon.
The Stapedectomy is a process where the stapes are removed from the inner-ear. Once removed, it is replaced by a prosthetic. After this process, the ear drum (which is gently opened to insert the stape) is resealed gently and held in place with a packing ointment or gelatin. The benefits to this surgery are rather remarkable.
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Sound waves are vibrations in the air–these vibrations pass through various bones in the ear to help humans hear. In the middle ear, humans have the three smallest bones in the human body (all three combined can fit comfortably onto a dime) known as the ossicle bones. These little bones are very important in transmitting and monitoring the control of sounds we receive in our ears. They can amplify the sounds which we hear by three times the normal level, but they also can weaken the force of the vibration by contracting the muscles. So what are the three bones? What do they do? Let’s take a look out how these bones help with hearing:
Often, people discuss hearing loss without specifying which kind they mean. The reality is that there is no one form of hearing loss which can be associated with all forms of deafness. Rather, there are a variety of ways in which people can lose hearing, which affects how their quality of life will be affected, what the ideal treatment is, and how they can most effectively respond to the situation. The four most common types of hearing loss are:
Hearing loss can be difficult to bear at first, no matter its 