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Most Common Hearing Aid Problems & How to Prevent Them
Hearing aids are designed to survive the rugged environment of your ear, as they are subjected to earwax, sweat and oils from skin and hair on a daily basis. However, just because they’re built to…
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How to Use Headphones with Hearing Aids
Do you enjoy picking up new albums at Monster Music & Movies to listen to on your commute? If so, you probably wish you could listen through headphones; unfortunately, wearing hearing aids can make this…
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Breaking Down Allergy Myths
There’s nothing worse than that itchy, runny, stuffy feeling that allergies bring. In order to successfully manage your allergy symptoms, it’s important to know what causes them and what treatments are available and effective. Below…
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Tips to Remove Earwax from Your Hearing Aid
Earwax has the important job of trapping debris and bacteria and keeping your ear canals from drying out. But that doesn’t mean it can’t cause problems. If you wear hearing aids, your devices can trap…
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What Is Considered a ‘Normal’ Hearing Range?
The line between normal hearing and hearing loss isn’t exactly a clear one. Hearing loss severity is measured in two ways: how loud sounds need to be for you to hear them and what frequencies…
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What Causes Allergic Rhinitis?
Allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as hay fever, is your body’s response to allergens. While the most common trigger for allergic rhinitis is pollen, there are other substances that can prompt symptoms as well. Below…
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Protect Your Hearing Aids This Summer
When you get a new pair of hearing aids, your audiologist will tell you how to keep them in good working order. During summer, there’s a little more you need to know in order to…
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Can Hearing Aids Help with Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is a phantom ringing, roaring, whistling, hissing, humming or buzzing sound with no external source. Affecting approximately 50 million people across the nation, tinnitus symptoms are different for everybody. It can be in one…
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Has Allergy Season Started? When Will It End?
For many people, the sight of flowers blooming on trees along Highway 17 and in neighbors’ gardens signals the start of allergy season. But allergy season isn’t the same for everybody; in fact, it depends…
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How to Care for Your Hearing Aid Batteries
When you get a new pair of hearing aids, your audiologist will walk you through how to turn them on and off, insert and remove them, and change the batteries. It’s also important to pay…