September 25, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
It’s often said that we don’t fully appreciate the things we have until they’re gone, and this appears to be particularly true of our ability to hear. Hearing loss is not only difficult to detect; it’s also hard to appreciate just how much hearing improves our lives. As one of our main senses, along with […]
August 27, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
We all put things off, routinely talking ourselves out of strenuous or uncomfortable tasks in favor of something more pleasing or fun. Distractions are all around as we tell ourselves that we will some day get around to whatever we’re presently working hard to avoid. Often times, procrastination is fairly harmless. We might aim to […]
August 13, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
It has long been accepted that there are strong connections among sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and preferences determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to specific sounds. For example, research has revealed these common associations between specific sounds and emotions: The sound of a thunderstorm evokes […]
August 6, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
The ironic part of hearing loss is that we don’t tend to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the ability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to think about, for instance, how much we appreciate a good conversation with a close friend until we have to routinely ask them to repeat […]
July 30, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent individuals from achieving better hearing: The inability to recognize hearing loss in the first place (due to its slow onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive fix. Unfortunately, numerous people who have overcome the first barrier have been lured into the purportedly […]
July 23, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears implies that there is a wrong way, and in fact, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is common, and it breaks the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign objects into your ear canal. That […]
July 16, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
It’s common to think of hearing loss as an unavoidable problem connected with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s routine use of iPods. But the numbers indicate that the larger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In the US, 22 million workers are subjected to potentially […]
June 18, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Nearly 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no external sound source exists. This phantom sound is normally identified as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or clicking. First it is important to know about tinnitus is that it’s a symptom, not […]
June 11, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Zinc-air-battery-types by Marc Andressen is licensed under Attribution CC 2.0 You could make a strong case that the most critical component of your hearing aid is the battery: without it, nothing else works, and if it fails, your hearing fails with it. In this quick guide, we’ll teach you everything you need to know about […]
June 4, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion people are at an increased risk for noise-induced hearing loss, caused by exposure to substantial sound levels from personal audio devices and very loud environments such as clubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. An estimated 26 million Americans already suffer from the condition. If noise-induced hearing loss […]
