Maintaining and Servicing Your Hearing Aids
Nothing lasts forever, and that is just as true of high-tech electronic devices as anything else, regardless of how well they are made. But North Carolina patients with hearing aids can prolong the life of their equipment with routine maintenance, servicing, and follow-up appointments. Routine Maintenance for Hearing Aids Hearing aids are exposed to a…
You’ve Been Diagnosed with Hearing Loss. Now What?
If you have just been diagnosed with hearing loss, you are part of a not-so-exclusive club; some 48 million people in North Carolina and throughout the country experience impaired hearing to a certain degree. You are doubtless experiencing many emotions right now and wondering how your life will change with this new diagnosis. The good…
Hearing Aid Technology
If you’re like most people in Boone, Jefferson or Linville, you probably picture hearing aids as bulky, unsightly devices with limited functionality. While that may have been true a generation ago, today’s hearing aid technology has resulted in smaller instruments that incorporate digital signal processing, microchips, advanced computerization and other cutting-edge technologies to provide excellent…
First Time to the Audiologist? Here’s What You Should Expect.
Have your friends or family members mentioned to you that you may have hearing loss? Chances are, you were able to brush them off for a while, giving out excuse after excuse, until now. Regardless of the reason you have finally decided that now is the time to seek help (either you have realized that…
May is Better Hearing & Speech Month
Every May, the nearly 48 million people in Boone, NC, and throughout the country with hearing loss come together to celebrate Better Hearing & Speech Month. The goal is to raise awareness of hearing loss and speech problems. The theme this year is “Communication for All.” 10 Tips For Effective Communication Below are 10 tips…
What is Earwax?
Earwax is often the butt of many an ill-conceived joke on a Saturday morning cartoon. Your Boone audiologist is here to set the record straight – earwax is important. Cerumen is the medical term for the waxy, yellowish substance found in healthy ears. It not only protects your ear from bacteria, water and foreign particles,…
Learn to be Your Own Mechanic.
For many in Boone, North Carolina with hearing loss, their hearing aid is their connection to the outside world. Much like a car, you don’t want to become stranded if something goes wrong and you don’t have the ability to fix it. To prevent that, you know how to change a tire; do you know…
How to Travel Safely with Food Allergies
If you or a loved one has a food allergy, you know how challenging it can be. Eating out at a local restaurant comes with its fair share of pitfalls, never mind when you travel. Fortunately, technology is here to help. There are a number of new smartphone apps on the market designed specifically to…
Resolve to Finally Do Something About Your Sinuses
Do you often experience cold-like symptoms such as nasal congestion and discharge, postnasal drip, sore throat, facial pressure and swelling, loss of smell and taste, headache, fever, fatigue and bad breath? If so, you are not alone. Boone otolaryngologists estimate that 37 million Americans suffer from an inflammation and swelling of their sinus tissue known…
The Baffling Booger
Deposited into a tissue and then thrown away, boogers are typically never given a second thought. But do you know what they are? What they’re made of? What your Boone physician can tell about you from them? What are Boogers? So let’s start from the beginning. A booger is a mixture of water, mucus and…