Info About Hearing Aid Batteries
Did you ever wonder about those little sticky tabs on your hearing aid batteries? They aren’t there just to identify the battery size. The most... Read more
Category: General Interest
News tidbits from all over
Hearing loss impacts both physical and mental health
According to the author, “A study at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine found that older adults with hearing loss experienced higher rates of hospitalizations... Read more
Hearing test iPad app
A Canadian-developed hearing test iPad application developed for use in third-world countries has applications at home. Read the CBC on-line story about this diagnostic tool... Read more
Vertigo – Understanding and Diagnosing Inner-ear Balance Disorders
CBC published a detailed article by multimedia journalist Meredith Levine in October 2014 about the challenges of diagnosing and treating inner-ear balance (vestibular) disorders. Among... Read more
Newborn Hearing Screening in Canada
A CBC on-lines news report published March 26, 2014 identifies shortcomings in newborn hearing screening in most provinces. Click the link below to read the... Read more
Why Being the World’s Loudest Stadium is a Bad Idea
Please click on the link below to read an article from NBC Health News about the damage that can be done to your hearing at... Read more
The Next Generation of Cochlear Implants
AUSTRALIAN academic and commercial researchers have developed designs for higher-performance electrodes which could substantially improve sound perception in the next generation of cochlear implants. To... Read more
3-D Movies Can Trigger Vertigo
An article by Brian Alexander published on http://www.msn.com explains how 3-D movies can trigger symptoms of dizziness and vertigo for people with balance disorders such... Read more
Paying for Hearing Aids
CNN, an American cable news network based in Atlanta, Georgia published an interesting on-line article on July 10, 2012 about the lack of health insurance... Read more
“Why Won’t They Get Hearing Aids?”
An April 5, 2012 story by Susan Seliger published by the New York Times relates many interesting facts about why people with hearing loss do... Read more