November 28, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
You asked for help with one simple task: take the trash out. But, regrettably, it never got done. “I Didn’t hear you”, they declare. Why are you not surprised that your partner didn’t hear the one thing they wanted done? The colloquial term for this is “selective hearing,” and it’s usually a sign of poor […]
November 14, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Aging is one of the most common indicators of hearing loss, and let’s face it, try as we might, we can’t avoid aging. You can take some steps to look younger but you’re still getting older. But did you realize that hearing loss has also been connected to health issues associated with aging that are […]
October 17, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Have you ever left your Earbuds in your pocket and they ended up going through the laundry or maybe lost them altogether? All of a sudden, your morning jog is a million times more boring. You have a dull and dreary train ride to work. And your virtual meetings are suffering from bad audio quality. […]
October 11, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
We usually think of hearing loss as something that develops gradually. This can make the symptoms easy to miss. (After all, you’re simply turning up the volume on your TV once in a while, it’s nothing to worry about, right?) Sometimes that’s true but in some cases, it isn’t. In some situations, hearing loss can […]
September 27, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
It’s not difficult to observe how your body ages over time. Your skin begins to develop some wrinkles. You begin to lose your hair or it turns grey. Your knees begin to hurt a little bit more. Your skin gets a little saggy in places. Maybe you start to detect some fading of your hearing […]
September 11, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
For just a moment, picture that you have a job as a salesperson. Today, you’re having a very important call with a potential client. Multiple representatives from their offices have come together to discuss whether to employ your company for the job. As the call goes on, voices go up and down…and are sometimes difficult […]
September 5, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Isn’t pizza fascinating? As long as a few factors are met, you can change toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is similar. Symptoms and presentations are caused by a number of different problems, loud noises, genetic factors, age, or ear obstructions, but as long as you have difficulty hearing sounds, […]
August 25, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Does the ringing in your ears get worse at night? It’s a common complaint for people with tinnitus but why does it happen and what can you do about it? […]
August 7, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Tom is excited, he’s getting a new knee! Look, as you get older, the kinds of things you get excited about change. He will be able to move moving around more freely and will experience less pain with this knee replacement. So Tom goes in, the operation is a success, and Tom heads home! But […]
July 18, 2023 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
It isn’t like you simply wake up one day, and your hearing is gone. Hearing loss, especially when it’s related to aging, usually progresses in degrees. You may not recognize it’s happening right away but some signs do appear earlier. These early developing symptoms advance very subtly. Slowing down the progression of hearing loss and […]
