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No, the “speech banana” is not a super fruit that improves hearing or is a reference to that classic vaudeville comic skit that goes, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The “speech banana” is a distinctive design appearing on an audiogram. Audiograms are graphs of sound frequency (on the horizontal
Americans like their guns. Some of this interest comes from movies and TV where policemen, cowboys and bad guys are donning their guns with delight and regularly shooting at one another. The impression from these images was definitely potent, because America continues to have millions of gun owners who fire them on a regular basis,
There’s a lot of confusion with regards to the difference between these two categories of devices, and that confusion is increased by the number of advertisements floating around for inexpensive personal sound amplifiers (PSAs), compared with how relatively few you see for hearing aids. The reason you don’t see lots of ads for hearing aids
One thing you can look forward to if you have children is that at some point they are going to ask you to buy them some headphones to use with their computers, games and music players. No big shock there. After all, headphones commonly offer a better experience when used with assorted entertainment and learning
Acute external otitis is an infection of the outer ear canal – the portion outside your eardrum. Virtually all people recognize it by its common name – swimmer’s ear. The popular name “swimmer’s ear” derives from the fact that the infection is frequently linked to swimming. Anytime moisture remains in the outer ear it provides
“Should I repair or replace an older hearing aid?” is one of the more common questions we get. The answer is “That depends.” The question of whether to repair or replace hinges on many factors, and the “right answer” is as individual as the people asking the question. It is worth stating in advance, that
Sound in an extraordinary thing. It impacts our emotions and well-being in numerous ways – both positive and negative. Listening to music can be calming and enjoyable, but it can also be stressful and irritating if the volume is too loud. Everyone has a different taste in music, therefore the quality of a piece of
If you have some type of hearing loss, do you ever find that listening to people talk is work, and that you need to try really hard to understand what people say? You are not alone. The feeling that listening and understanding is demanding work is common among people with hearing loss – even those
Many of the conditions that cause hearing problems for our patients cannot be reversed which is quite frustrating for our hearing specialists. One of the main causes of hearing loss, for example, is damage to the tiny hair cells in our inner ears that vibrate in reaction to sound waves. What we call hearing are
A common question asked by customers being fitted for hearing aids concerns whether the hearing aids which are made to help them hear faint sounds will make the loud noises too loud for their ears. This is a normal question, one for which there is thankfully a reassuring answer. In a nutshell, contemporary hearing aids
Hearing loss may take many different forms and occur as the result of a number of causes, and to fully understand them you need to understand the way in which we hear. Along with the eardrum and the ear canal, the outer ear is the section of the ear on the outside of the head
Although it might seem to be a simple question to ask just how long hearing aid batteries should be expected to last, it isn’t. Precisely how long hearing aid batteries last depends on quite a few factors. One consideration is the manufacturer of the hearing aid. Battery life varies by manufacturer and also by model
