When is it Time for New Hearing Aids?
If you’re hard of hearing in North Carolina and already wear hearing aids, that’s great! You’ve taken an important step in reconnecting with your world and have reduced your risks for experiencing many of the comorbidities associated with untreated hearing loss, a list that includes depression, isolation, dementia, falls, and physical conditions such as diabetes….
What Can Hearing Aids Do for Me?
Carolina patients who have been diagnosed with hearing loss will most likely benefit from hearing aids. After all, nine out of 10 people with impaired hearing across the U.S. are treated with hearing aids. If you’re wondering exactly what hearing aids will do for you, the answer is simple: a lot! How Do Hearing Aids…
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…
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…
Causes of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is common. In fact, it is the third most common physical condition in the United States behind only arthritis and heart disease. Turns out, there are a wide variety of causes for this popular condition. Age-Related Hearing Loss Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is one of the most common causes. It occurs as…
Audiologist vs. ENT
Audiologists and ENT physicians work hand-in-hand at Boone Ridge ENT to provide patients with the best possible care. But what sets these two specialties apart? Audiologists An audiologist is a health care professional who specializes in evaluating, treating and managing hearing loss, tinnitus and balance problems. They are required to complete rigorous training, earning a master’s or doctoral…