October 30, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
What most people call ear wax develops because our ear canals are covered with hair follicles and glands that produce an oily wax called cerumen. This wax lines the interior surface of the ear canal and helps to protect it by attracting and gathering foreign particles like dust and dirt, bacteria, and various microorganisms. Ear […]
October 23, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
If you’ve previously attended a modern day rock concert and found yourself thinking, “That music is just too darned loud,” it does not necessarily mean that you’re getting old. This reaction could be your body’s means of informing you that you are at risk of hearing impairment. If later, after you’ve left the concert, and […]
October 16, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Trying to find some facts and data to finally get a loved one to get a hearing evaluation or be fitted for a hearing aid? Chatting about some of the statistics related to the prevalence, causes and effects of hearing problems may at long last get them to make that initial appointment. These basic facts […]
Hearing problems are grouped in a variety of different ways. The specific part of the auditory system affected is what determines the categorization. In this article we provide an overview of five different types – conductive, sensorineural, central, mixed and functional. Some types of hearing impairment are more treatable than others, and a hearing healthcare […]
September 30, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Eat your carrots for good eye sight, is likely a bit of advice most of us were told as children. Most likely you weren’t given any comparable recommendations about what foods were beneficial to your ears. We can finally tell our children what to eat for good hearing; advice that’s undoubtedly wise for us to […]
September 24, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Having problems hearing? Probably the most typical reason for temporary hearing loss is an accumulation of ear wax in the ear canal. If you’re fairly confident that ear wax is the source of your short-term hearing loss, you probably want to clean out your ears. Even though this is a normal desire, it is vital […]
September 15, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD, is a challenging disorder to diagnose correctly for a variety of reasons. The condition is not because the youngsters can’t hear words being spoken to them, but because their brains have an inability to interpret the words and understand their meaning, which implies that conventional hearing tests don’t consistently […]
September 5, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to the question “Which kind of battery do I purchase for my hearing aid?” because hearing aid types and the batteries they operate on common in many varieties. The easiest situation to address is if you already own a hearing aid; if so, read the manual that was included […]
Purchasing hearing aids can be hard if you’re not familiar with the many acronyms used to identify popular styles. The following collection encompasses the vast majority of the abbreviations you’ll run into when researching hearing aids and offers a brief description of each. The best approach to really grasp the distinctions is to hold them […]
Are you worried about hearing damage from excessive noise levels at work? Noise-induced hearing loss is the single most common cause of hearing loss. Being concerned about your hearing is a normal response for anyone working at a high-noise profession.The Centers for Disease Control reports that 30 million workers are exposed to harmful noise on […]
