June 24, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Have you ever awoke after a night’s sleep and heard birds singing a pleasant song through your open window? Most individuals probably aren’t even aware that those bird songs are called the “dawn chorus”. For whatever reason, birds see the sun rising and decide to start singing their favorite songs. The songs of these birds, […]
June 13, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
If you’re not very wealthy, a car really isn’t an impulse buy. So a lot of research is most likely the first thing you do. You check out reviews, you compare prices, and you evaluate gas mileage. (You’re on Google a lot.) This amount of research is logical! For most individuals who aren’t wealthy, it […]
May 16, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Remember when you used to be able to find those gallon buckets of ice cream at the grocery store? An entire gallon of ice cream, yum! But as you grow up, you begin to get a little more particular. Your ice cream preferences become more specialized and you have a tendency to go for your […]
April 24, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
You go out of your way to ensure your hearing aids are well taken care of. Cleaning them every day, you make sure they’re safe and comfortable on their charger when you go to bed. But you get pretty discouraged when your hearing aids suddenly stop working the way they did once. There are several […]
April 19, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
While it could be true that older hearing aids are better than no hearing aids, it’s likely that what small benefit you get from them may be costly. Within the past few years, hearing aid technology has made substantial advancements. It’s gone from analog to digital, for one thing, and there are features currently that […]
March 13, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
When it comes to history, there are three different types of individuals: those who are really interested and fascinated by history, those whose eyes gloss over and they start to fall asleep when history is discussed, and people who think that aliens are responsible for history. The history of hearing aids isn’t about aliens (sorry […]
March 6, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
As we get older, we all know that hearing loss and particular mental health concerns can worsen despite a healthy, active lifestyle. And scientists have recognized a strong link between the two that shouldn’t be dismissed and it will help if you don’t turn that hearing aid off. Depression is two times as likely in […]
February 28, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
We’ve all experienced that itch that seemed impossible to scratch. You might consider this in a couple of different ways: First, you consider something you always wanted to do in life but so far you haven’t got around to (skydiving, for instance). Or, if you’re a bit less of a romantic, you think about that […]
February 21, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Musicians rock. They bring so much happiness to our lives with their performances. The downside is that music is pretty much always loud, in fact, many people like it better that way. The musicians themselves are at an even greater danger of hearing damage since they are exposed to loud music just about every day. […]
December 27, 2022 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Have you resisted the calls from friends, family, and co-workers to finally get a hearing aid? Do you think that right now you really don’t need a hearing aid or that you’re not missing enough to justify purchasing one? If your hearing continues to worsen, it could cost you as much as $30,000 per year, […]