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Rocky Mountain Hearing and Balance joins growing Salt Lake City LIVING WELL Magazine

March 12, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Rocky Mountain Hearing & Balance promises comprehensive, personalized care and is devoted to changing lives by restoring emotional, social, and physical health & well being through better hearing & balance. We specialize in: hearing & balance testing & diagnosis, hearing-aid prescription & fitting, tinnitus therapy, audiological rehabilitation, and hearing conservation. We take the “Team Approach” to your healthcare by partnering with physicians and, when appropriate, associate vestibular physical therapists. […]

Are Your Hearing Aids Working Their Best?

August 28, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Are Your Hearing Aids Working Their Best?
By Celia McCormick, Au.D., Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine

Just like cell phones, televisions, and tablet computers, hearing aids have gone through an amazing technology change during the past five years. Despite all of these incredible advances, patients occasionally come into the office and say, “My hearing aids just don’t work.” If YOU have ever said this, ask yourself… […]

How prevalent is hearing loss in America?

June 28, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

How Prevalent is Hearing Loss in America?
By Elizabeth Brassine, Au.D., Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine
How prevalent is hearing loss in America? You may be surprised! Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have enough hearing loss to make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the November 14 Archives of Internal Medicine. […]

The Value of the Audiologist in Hearing Care

May 30, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

The Value of the Audiologist in Hearing Care
By Elizabeth Brassine, Au.D., Hearing Services of McKinney, Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine

From the moment we wake up to the time we go to sleep, sound plays an important role in our lives. Whether it’s alerting us to danger, delivering needed information, or making us simply laugh, smile or cry. Sound informs, entertains and connects us to the world. […]

When's the right time for a hearing evaluation? Probably sooner than you think

May 14, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

When’s the right time for a hearing evaluation?

Probably sooner than you think
By Lynn P. Creel, M.C.D., CCC-A, Director and Founder of Creel Hearing Center, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
As the old story goes, there’s good news and bad news about hearing loss. […]

Hearing Clinic of Greater New Orleans on hearing instruments – LIVING WELL Magazine

March 6, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Hearing Instruments: Taking the “HUH” out of the equation

By Michele Spector, Au.D., CCC-A, Clinical Audiologist, Hearing Clinic of Greater New Orleans, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
As a hearing care professional, we do not rely solely on the 15-minute hearing test done in the booth in order to prescribe a hearing aid that is best for the patient. We want to know about our patient’s daily activities. Common questions we ask include: […]

Family Audiology: Hearing Aid FAQ – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 19, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Hearing Aid FAQ: The Holiday Edition
By Celia McCormick, Au.D., Family Audiology, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
Families and friends will be getting together for celebrations starting in November and spanning through the New Year. These gatherings are a wonderful time to enjoy those we love, but if you have difficulties hearing and cannot fully participate in conversations you may spend the holiday season feeling isolated. […]

Hearing Services of McKinney talks directional hearing aids – LIVING WELL Magazine

January 6, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Directional Hearing Aids: Understanding Speech in Noise
By Elizabeth Brassine, Au.D., Hearing Services of McKinney, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
Did you know that your ears are directional? The shape of our ear blocks some of the sound coming from behind, while collecting sound coming from the side and front. Having two ears also is important to helping us localize sound and “hear directionally” (one of the reasons that two hearing aids are recommended over one). […]

Family Hearing and Balance Center on the true meaning of hearing loss – LIVING WELL Magazine

September 9, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

The True Meaning of Hearing Loss

Courtesy Family Hearing and Balance Center, Akron LIVING WELL Magazine
When we open our eyes in the morning, we rarely think about what causes that experience. We may jump right into the day’s plans, or we may be a morning person who has to drag ourselves into consciousness. […]

Hearing Aids: Cutting the Cords and Wires, Hearing Services of McKinney–LIVING WELL Magazine

September 1, 2011 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Hearing Aids: Cutting the Cords and Wires

By Elizabeth Brassine, Au.D., Hearing Services of McKinney, Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine

In my 22 years as an audiologist, one lecture sticks
out in my mind – “The Human Cochlea and Mother Nature’s Other Dirty Tricks.” This
talk discussed how distance was the enemy to the hearing impaired. The concern
is that higher pitched sounds (like s, th, sh), which give us our meaning to
speech, deteriorate at a much greater rate over distance.
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