Posts Tagged Hearing Aid
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Your Advocacy Connection – Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy
By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care In the past six months, my role in the long-term care setting has changed dramatically. For nearly 30 years, I worked in the health- care industry as an Administrator, and then I retired. I now work part-time and find myself as a vis...
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Ask the Audiologist
Information fromAudiology Consultants, P.C. Hearing Aids: Do you buy them online or do you buy them from a local Audiologist? How do you decide? It is becoming more and more common to check the internet for better deals on products these days, but is it really a better deal for all products? ...
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Cochlear Implants
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Parker Audiology, PC Cochlear Implants (CIs) are often touted as the cure for deafness. This may be true, but success varies. Typically, I recommend an evaluation for a CI if word discrimination is very poor and the individual has significant hearing loss, 1) ...
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Ask the Audiologist – Can I Wear Only One Hearing Aid?
By Janet Liddicoat, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Can I Wear Only One Hearing Aid? When it comes to the question of whether or not you can wear only one hearing aid, ask yourself this question. Would you only get one lens for your pair of glasses if you had vision loss in both eye...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Janet Liddicoat, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. What should you do if you have sudden hearing loss? Many people with sudden hearing loss realize it when they wake up. It may occur in one ear or both, but it is more common in one ear. There is not always a known cause to why your...
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Ask the Audiologist – Are there hearing aids that will work with my arthritic hands?
By Tara Hartman, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Are there hearing aids that will work with my arthritic hands? When the feeling or dexterity in your fingers declines, it can be very difficult to manipulate small objects. Hearing aids are no exception. Even larger hearing aids can s...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Tiffany Meier, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. How do you determine what hearing aid style a patient is going to get? Hearing aids are available in several different styles. These styles range from hearing aids that fit completely-in-the-canal (CIC) to hearing aids that set behin...
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“Overheard at the coffee shop yesterday”….
A good laugh for people in the over 50 group and perhaps their kids too !!! When I bought my i-phone, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1,800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up unde...
