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A long and often frustrating quest for the best fitting hearing aid leads to a Marvelous discovery.
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Recently I made a decision to perform again. This may seem deceptively simple, yet it’s a challenge.
For 25 years I was an entertainer. I began as a lead guitarist in a band back in the 80s. We played professionally …
Eighteen years ago, the week of September 26 was Deaf Awareness Week. Coincidentally, I was also born during this week.
During this week and in the months leading up to this week my parents had been educated by news media …
With December drawing to a close, most of us find ourselves looking back over the year. We will look back at the good times and bad, the highs and lows, the losses, and of course, the victories.
For those of …
I’ve spent my whole life living with single-sided deafness.
It’s a frustrating part of ‘being me’ that I learned to live with. one day, not so long ago, a colleague asked me whether I’d heard of Phonak Cros B-R and proceeded …
I was born deaf in my right ear. This was picked up at some point in my early years, but regardless nothing was done about my hearing loss.
One of the particularly irksome things about living with single-sided deafness; if …
“My hearing loss shouldn’t limit my life.”
These are the words of Linda Almqvist, a 41‑year‑old woman who works as a driving instructor at a traffic school in Halmstad, Sweden. Her life took a turn in the right direction when …
Within the first day of Celia’s life, it was suspected that she had a hearing loss.
Although it was suspected it still took 18 months to officially diagnose her with unilateral hearing loss. Having had to wait almost two years …
Dominic Ehnisz is 13 years-old and has single-sided deafness.
When Dominic was just three years old, his mom, Danielle Hurst-Ehnisz, sensed that there was something going on with Dominic, but she couldn’t exactly place what it was. …
Hearing loss in one ear, or unilateral hearing loss, can often go unnoticed in children until they are in a classroom or more social environments. This was the case of seven-year-old Callie.
When Callie Huerta was born, she had a …
I was born at a time when video conferencing was a reality only on “The Jetsons,” the Americans with Disabilities Act was years away, and the web was only something Spiderman used.
Newborn hearing screenings wouldn’t be routine for at …
Speech activities for children with hearing loss don’t have to be a boring or frustrating experience. In fact, working on speech can be fun and connecting.
Developing speech and language skills at a young age is important. The need to …
A new study by the University of Michigan suggests that hearing aids can prevent more hospital trips for older adults.
The study was published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. The data the researchers used was from 2013-2014 and showed …
It is easy to get wrapped up in our busy lives and not appreciate small things that make a big difference, such as hearing technology.
A dear friend of mine who is deafblind recently lent me a copy of her …
For the first-time hearing aid user, there’s a common issue everyone faces, and that is adjusting to the sound and volume of your own voice as heard through the hearing aids.
Learning how to adjust the volume of your voice …
A hearing loop also called an Induction Loop is a sound system created for use by the hard of hearing in various public places such as a shop, office, church, theatre or stations.
When everything works as it should, hearing …
It is time to clear up a hearing aid mystery for parents by answering the following questions: How waterproof are my child’s Phonak Sky hearing aids?
The answer is that child’s Phonak Sky hearing aids are water resistant and have …
Did you know that children need to hear approximately 45 million words by age four to be ready for school? In fact, research shows that the more words child hear allow them to not only be better prepared for school
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Rechargable hearing aids have been available now for a few years, and now, thanks to Phonak, they are now a perfect fit for children.
Phonak’s new pediatric hearing aid, the Phonak Sky B-PR, comes with the convenience of built-in …
