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What to Look for in a Hearing Aid
If you’ve visited an audiologist for a hearing test and found out you have hearing loss, the next step is to select a hearing aid. Hearing aids connect you to the world around you, making…
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The Different Types of Allergy Tests
If you’re hiking through Ravenel Waterfront Park and suddenly begin to have itchy, watery eyes and feel sneezy, you’ve most likely been exposed to an allergen. Allergens are substances that are typically harmless but that…
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Signs You Should Treat Your Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is common, affecting approximately 48 million people across the U.S. Yet despite its prevalence, many people put off seeking treatment. In fact, only one in five people who could benefit from hearing aids…
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Hearing Aids Can Help Improve Listening Fatigue
Most people are familiar with that feeling of exhaustion after leaving a party or ending a Zoom call, but many are unfamiliar with what the feeling is called. Audiologists refer to it as listening fatigue,…
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How Spring Allergies Affect Your Ears
Springtime means getting to enjoy evening thunderstorms and beautiful flowers, but for many, it also means seasonal allergy symptoms. For some, this can result in pain or discomfort involving the ears. We review how spring…
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Caring for Your Hearing Aids
Your hearing aids represent a significant investment in terms of both financial cost and the amount of time you spent with your audiologist identifying your exact type and degree of hearing loss, selecting the best…
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How to Adjust to Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are the preferred treatment for most of the 48 million Americans who have hearing loss. Today’s devices are amazing in their ability to provide amplification only of sounds you want to hear, connect…
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Can Allergies Cause Sinus Pressure?
It can be easy to convince yourself you have a bacterial sinus infection when, in reality, your symptoms are simply thanks to allergies. Sinus pressure is one of the many possible symptoms of an allergic…
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Hearing Aids Can Lower Chance of Depression, Dementia & Falls
Hearing loss is a common condition, affecting an estimated 48 million Americans. However, only about one in five people who could benefit from treatment for their hearing loss actually wears hearing aids. Hearing aids have…
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What to Know About Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids
When you think of artificial intelligence (AI), what comes to mind? For many, it’s a scene from a sci-fi movie, or a robot from the University of South Carolina robotics department coming to life. But…