How to Properly Clean Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are a significant investment in time and money. Making sure they are cleaned properly will help both prolong their lifespan and ensure you get the most benefit out of them possible. Below is a guide to help you clean and care for your valuable communication devices. Read Your Manual & Visit Your Provider…
Strategies for Talking Through Your Face Mask
While they are helpful tools for keeping us safe in the age of COVID-19, face masks are causing communication difficulties. Even people with normal hearing complain that it’s difficult to hear people’s voices behind masks, but this challenge is exponentially greater for those with hearing loss. Not only do masks muffle voices, but many who…
Preventing Swimmer’s Ear
Now that summer is in full swing, more and more people are turning to water activities to have fun and stay cool. But that backyard pool, local stream or nearby lake could pose a danger to your hearing. Without proper protection, you can develop swimmer’s ear – an infection in the ear canal caused by…
Protect Your Kids from Headphone Misuse
Headphone use is not new. The first Walkman was invented in 1979, over 40 years ago! However, the popularity of on-the-go headphone- and earbud-use has certainly increased in recent years, thanks to smartphones making music, podcasts, audiobooks, TV shows and even full-length movies accessible anytime, anywhere. Unfortunately, many of our listening habits can have negative…
Zoom Fatigue All Too Familiar for Deaf Community
The transition to socially-distanced online interactions was rapid for many people in school and in the workforce. Since this transition, many have complained about “Zoom fatigue,” a phenomenon where online conference meetings with colleagues, FaceTime calls with family and online game night with friends has become mentally and socially exhausting. “It’s not necessarily persistent fatigue…
Tips for Watching TV with Hearing Loss
For the 48 million Americans who experience hearing loss, watching TV can be one of the biggest listening challenges. Television shows and movies often have background music and sound effects that play over dialogue, making it hard to follow the on-screen conversations. Many people with hearing loss crank up the volume while watching TV, but…
Mental Health Awareness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Lockdowns, stay-at-home orders and social distancing make this a challenging time for all. For those with untreated hearing loss, who are at an even greater risk of developing mental health issues, raising awareness and developing a coping strategy is key. Social Isolation A report from the National Academies of Sciences,…
COVID-19
Arizona Hearing Specialists is now seeing scheduled patients at all three locations In an effort to keep everyone in our offices safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have implemented the following protocol for office visits: Masks Everyone must be wearing a mask or face covering before entering the building. Sanitization Hand sanitizer is provided at…
Is Technology Destroying Our Hearing?
With more people suffering from hearing loss than ever before, experts are seeking to identify potential causes in our day-to-day life. Many speculate that modern technology is at least partially to blame. Below is an overview of how loud sounds can cause hearing loss and how today’s technology may be contributing. Correlation Between Noise &…
Mask Tips
For the 48 million Americans with hearing loss, communication is challenging enough under the best of circumstances. The global coronavirus pandemic has created additional unexpected obstacles. If you wear behind-the-ear (BTE) style hearing aids, you may have difficulty wearing a protective mask around your ears. In fact, in doing so you run the risk of…
