Do you find yourself worried about hearing impairments from excessive noise levels on the job? Noise-induced hearing loss is the single most frequent cause of hearing damage. Some professions are simply louder than others, and workers in those fields should be reasonably concerned about their hearing. The CDC reports that 30 million workers are subjected […]
August 16, 2013 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
Researching hearing aids can be challenging if you are not familiar with the many abbreviations commonly used to describe basic types. The following list encompasses the vast majority of the abbreviations you are likely to come across when looking for hearing aids and provides a brief explanation of each one. The very best approach to […]
Patients with vertigo incorrectly experience motion (often a rotating motion) in their environment. The feelings of vertigo sometimes include dizziness, falling or spinning. Any time vertigo affects balance, it may lead to falls and personal injuries – chiefly among the elderly. More extreme cases can also trigger nausea, vomiting, migraines, visual irregularities called nystagmus and […]
July 31, 2013 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
What exactly is the difference between a personal sound amplifier (PSA) and a hearing aid? One distinction is that the PSA is being aggressively marketed in recent months giving rise to quite a great deal of confusion. You generally don’t see similar advertisements for hearing aids in part because they are medical devices according to […]
For those who have children that are old enough, they probably own at least one of the following – music players, game systems and computers – perhaps even all three. In the event you answered yes, odds are, at some point they are going to want headphones to use with these products. Headphones can increase […]
“Speech bananas” aren’t morning snacks for hearing specialists. What the term “speech banana” represents is a distinct pattern found in the data of an audiogram, which is a graphical chart used to measure an individual’s hearing proficiency within a set range of frequencies and volume levels. In an audiogram, you usually see the frequency (which […]
America’s affinity for guns is almost unique in the world; we were raised with movies and TV about police and cowboys and heroic characters who were all carrying guns and shooting them constantly. Constant encounters with these images is among many reasons that you will find so many present-day American gun owners who very much […]
Acute external otitis or otitis externa is an infection of the outer ear canal – the portion outside your eardrum. Most people know it by its common name – swimmer’s ear. The popular name swimmer’s ear originates from the fact that the problem is commonly linked to swimming. Anytime moisture remains in the outer ear […]
June 20, 2013 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Hearing Aids News
“Should I replace or repair a damaged hearing aid?” is among the more frequent questions we are asked. The answer is “Well, that depends.” It is really an individual decision, and the “correct answer” is as individual as the individuals who ask it. For starters, it should be noted that hearing aids – no matter […]
June 13, 2013 | Audiology Services of Chattanooga | Tinnitus Articles
Sound is an integral part of our lives, but like most things, its influence on us depends upon both the quality and quantity of the sounds we hear. For example, for most of us, listening to music we like is calming and restful, but turn the volume of the same music up too loud – […]
