Healthy Eating Makes for Healthy Hearing

People strive daily to live healthy.  Healthy eating has many benefits.  Healthy Eating Makes for Healthy Hearing:http://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/healthy-eating-makes-for-hearing-11222.  Please contact Dr. Mary Todd Moseley at www.ProHearingOnline.com for more information.  Dr. Moseley is a clinical audiologist with Professional Hearing Services for years and concentrates on providing the community with better hearing solutions and keeping you up to date with the latest information.

Ear Candling: Ineffective and Dangerous.

Many have tried this, many are considering it. Please read this first about the dangers of Ear Candling. Come in today and have your ears checked with with our special Video Otoscope and have the ear wax removed safely. Visit our website at www.ProHearingOnline.com for more information.  http://www.audiology.org/news/Pages/20100622.aspx

Hearing Aid Feedback, Problems and Solutions!

Hearing Aid Topic of the Week!

Feedback in hearing aids   www.ProHearingOnline.com               

Feedback can be a problem for hearing aid wearers. It results in an annoying whistling or squeling sound.

Why feedback occurs

A hearing aid has one input: the sound comes in through the microphone. It has one output: the sound goes out of the speaker into the ear drum. But, sound moves in all directions unless something blocks it. Feedback occurs when sound coming out of the speaker travels back into the microphone and is amplified again.

Causes of the problem

There are a few things that can increase the chances of a hearing aid producing feedback:

• The size of the hearing aid – The smaller the aid is, the closer the speaker and microphone will be – thus increasnig the chances of feedback. That is not to say that feedback will always occur in small devices – newer digital hearing aids have in-built feedback reduction that reduces or eliminates the problem.
• The volume – The higher the aid’s volume is set, the louder the sound coming out of the speaker is. Louder sounds can travel further – increasing the chance of them feeding back into the microphone. For this reason, CIC, ITC and ITE hearing aids are not always suitable for people with moderate, severe or profound hearing loss.
• Venting – Many hearing aids are fitted with a vent. This is a hole drilled into the shell of the aid and is a route for sound to come back from the speaker.
• The fit – If your hearing aid does not fit perfectly tightly into your ear, it will leave gaps for feedback to travel.

What can you do to reduce feedback?

Turning the volume down is an obvious solution but you have the volume set high because you need it! If that’s not possible then seek the advice of a hearing aid professional. They will be able to reduce the size of the vent or completely close it and also check the fit of the aid. If you have had your aids for a while and they no longer fit snuggly into the ear you should be able to have new moulds made rather than buy completely new instruments.

If you are experiencing feedback or any hearing aid problems, come see us today and get these issues resolved by Professional Hearing Services, Inc.  There are several ways for you to reach out to us: 
1.  reply to this blog post
2.  Contact our website at www.prohearingonline.com
3.  Like us on www.Facebook.com/prohearingservices 
4.  Call today at 303-237-4967
5.  Email us directly at jballer@prohearingonline.com   

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There are numerous ways to find us and to get more hearing aid information.  You'll find videos and links to get exactly what you need to make an educated choice about purchasing hearing aids. 

Thank you for your business!!

A Big Hearing Aid Thank You to a great patient

It is so great and special when a patient comes in to our office for an adjustment to hear all the success stories going on in their life because of the performance of the hearing aids.  A big thank you to Mr. Hannan for all the kind words.  It is patients like you that makes our days bright.   Please visit our website at www.ProHearingOnline.com to view more success stories and patient testimonials.

A Beautiful Poem from a Patient

A beautiful Testimonial Poem written by D. Owens.....

This thing, I Wear

There is this thing in my ears I wear,

It’s called an Aid, for ears, so I can hear.

I never knew sounds could be so, clear.

It helps me hear the Birds sing so sweet

And the rain in the air, that is so neat!

There is a New Life for me now, I love.

But, most of All, I love the people who are so dear.

Who helped me get the Life, I missed for years.

Thank you for these Aids I wear.

04/04/2012

A patient of Dwayne Wildhagen, Audiologist, Professional Hearing Services, Inc.

 

Hearing Loss Simulator

This video, although rudimentary, shows how varying degrees of hearing loss affect how a person (cartoon character) hears in a group situation.  Interesting!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJ4g3J6cJM

I welcome your comments from those who are having these types of problems but have not yet addressed them from an audiologist.  There are many solutions with todays technology with digital hearing aids.  Make an appointment with us today and find out all the things you've been missing in a conversation.  Call us at 303-237-4967 to discuss in person if you would prefer.  Serving the communities of Lakewood, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Edgewater, and Denver.  Thank you and Happy Hearing!!