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  • Medicare Coverage for Hearing Aids: What Beneficiaries Should Know

    Original Medicare still won’t pay for hearing aids — and about 90% of beneficiaries who struggle to hear don’t own a pair. After fifteen years fitting patients at our clinics, I can tell you: the coverage gap is the single biggest barrier they face.

  • Sudden Hearing Loss in One Ear: Why It Happens and Why It Can’t Wait

    In over two decades of audiology practice, I’ve had patients describe hearing loss in almost every way imaginable. But there’s a particular kind of story that still stops me — the ones that start with “I woke up and something was just… off.” One ear quiet. Not ringing, not aching. Just gone. No warning, no…

  • How Vitamin B12 Affects Hearing?

    One of the many reasons to eat a well-balanced diet is to provide your body with the vitamins and minerals you require to thrive. This includes nutrients that support your auditory health. If you’re not consuming enough vitamin B12, it can contribute to premature hearing loss and accelerate the rate at which your hearing declines.…

  • Tinnitus Habituation: From Ringing to Relief

    A chronic tinnitus diagnosis initially sounds like endless anxiety, frustration, and distraction. While the ringing, hissing, or buzzing never goes away, there are treatment options. Your Audiologist will work with you to determine which tinnitus habituation treatments are right for you.

  • How Audiobooks Improve Auditory Comprehension

    Audiobooks are not the first thing that comes to mind with declining hearing, but audiobooks can help hearing. You can boost your listening skills by reading and listening at the same time. This method of auditory rehab retrains your brain to process and interpret sound. Unlike everyday conversations, reading while listening “checks” your hearing in…

  • How to Find a Lost Hearing Aid Fast

    Hearing aids are small, and it is inevitable that they will fall out on occasion. Sometimes you will notice that you dropped your device right away, but it may take a few minutes before you realize it is gone. Here is how to find your lost hearing aid without delay.