What Is An Audiogram?
Some amount of hearing loss is expected as people age, but a rapid progression of loss can represent the need for medical intervention. As people mature, they will typically undergo several hearing exams. As a child, you likely took a hearing test or two, and once you...
New Trends in Hearing Aids
Basic hearing aids help those with hearing loss process sounds, and they have helped millions of people to have a better quality of life since they were introduced. The first electric hearing aids were invented around the turn of the 19th century. Today’s advanced...
Protecting Your Hearing Aids in Water
Hearing aids are an essential tool for the 30 million people over 12 who suffer from hearing loss in the U.S. There are a variety of different types of hearing aids that work in different ways, but most function by receiving sound through a microphone and amplifying...
A Quick Progression of Closed Captioning
For deaf populations, closed captioning is essential for providing a text alternative to audio dialogue and the audio cues that are necessary or relevant to the program’s soundtrack. Closed captioning keeps deaf and hard-of-hearing populations abreast of the...
The Four Parts of a Hearing Aid
Most people know that hearing aids help their users to hear more clearly, but few people understand exactly how they work. Today’s technology has introduced many advanced features now available in hearing aids, but every hearing aid from the most basic to highly...
What to Expect During a Hearing Test for Your Newborn, Toddler, or Child
Just as eye tests inform you if your child needs glasses, routine hearing checks are an important way to identify any hearing problems early on. Without proper treatment, hearing loss can affect the development of a child, including their ability to learn to talk, do...
Simple Reading Strategies for Kindergarteners
Entering kindergarten marks a milestone in every child’s education. As they begin school and start to learn reading, parents should do everything they can to support their kids’ development and help them master the new skills they’re learning. One of the most...
Three Myths of Being Bilingual
Today, more people in the world are bilingual than monolingual. In addition to making communication easier across cultures, learning another language has cognitive advantages. Research shows that people who speak two languages can multi-task better than those who are...