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Author: Dr Zhanneta Shapiro
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Nobody warns you about your ears. Pregnancy books devote chapters to morning sickness, stretch marks, the strange cravings — but the ringing that showed up at fourteen weeks? The cotton-ball feeling in your left ear that won’t quit? Those get zero airtime. And honestly, that silence does more harm than the symptoms themselves. If something…
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I’ve had the same conversation hundreds of times. A patient sits down, fidgets a little, and finally gets to it: “Can you give me something nobody will notice?” Fair enough. Nobody relishes the idea of a visible gadget perched on their ear. But here’s the part that always stung—I’d have to tell them that going invisible meant…
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Heart disease, diabetes, aching joints — most people can rattle off what excess weight does to the body without thinking twice. Hearing? That one rarely makes the list. Yet a pile of clinical evidence now ties obesity to measurable hearing decline. In my years at NYU Langone and since co-founding Audiology Island with Dr. Stella Fulman, I’ve watched…
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One software update. That’s all it took for Apple to turn its $249 earbuds into FDA-authorized hearing aids — and suddenly, the question I hear in my office more than any other shifted from “do I really need hearing aids?” to “can’t I just use my AirPods instead?” The honest answer, after more than fifteen…
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Getting hearing aids isn’t just about popping devices in your ears and calling it done. In my 15 years fitting patients with hearing aids, I’ve learned it’s a recalibration—a neurological one, actually—that takes patience, honest expectations, and the right roadmap. Sure, nearly 40% of folks with self-reported hearing problems now use amplification [1], but the…
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Young children can’t identify when they have an ear infection or other auditory health concerns. Learning the top causes of hearing loss in kids helps parents take a proactive approach and identify issues when they arise. Some ear issues are so gradual that older children don’t notice the change in their hearing.