October 17, 2014 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
You now have much greater control over your hearing health than you ever thought possible. While most people know that the first key to protecting your hearing into your senior years involved shielding them from physical damage, it now appears that another methods of protecting your hearing can be achieved through proper diet. Certain foods […]
September 30, 2014 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Removing the earwax from your ears can be a very nasty process. Many people do not realize that it can also be hazardous to their hearing health. There are many different ways that people go about removing their ear wax at home, and they are all wrong. The only approved way to get rid of […]
September 27, 2014 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
There are many jobs around the world which pose a danger to the worker. While many people understand and fear the potential for bodily harm, there is also another form of harm which can occur: hearing damage. There are extremely noisy jobs which can result in hearing impairment that can be permanent in many cases. […]
September 20, 2014 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Most people can go to the movies with the singular worry that they will not like the actual film. Yet, thousands of other people around the world with hearing impairment will not be able to enjoy the movies because of the difficulty involved with following the story. They must wait until closed captioning services become […]
September 13, 2014 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
By now, the chances are good that everyone has heard about seeing-eye dogs. These specially trained animals can help people who are blind navigate their lives with some form of certainty. Over the last decade, there has been a renewed focus upon using the same form of help animals to aid people with hearing loss […]
September 6, 2014 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
There are many different ways that you can affect your overall degree of health. However, most people remain unaware that hearing plays a large role in your body’s overall health. There are multiple study results that link hearing and health together in negative impacts on your health. These negative effects can typically be traced to […]
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Acute external otitis or otitis externa – more commonly called swimmer’s ear – is an infection that affects the outer ear canal. The infection is known as swimmer’s ear because it routinely develops because of liquid staying in the ears after swimming which provides a moist environment that promotes the growth of microbes. Swimmer’s ear […]
One of the sometimes frustrating things about being a hearing care specialist is that a lot of the circumstances we deal with which have caused our clients to lose their hearing can’t be reversed. For example, one of the extremely common causes of hearing loss is damage to the very small, sensitive hair cells that […]
One of the more frequent questions we are asked is, “My hearing aid is broken or just isn’t functioning the way it used to – do you think I should purchase a new one, or have it fixed?” The answer is “Depends.” It is really an individual choice, and the “best answer” is as individual […]
