by Cristi Moore | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
What happens when a hearing aid and a smartphone meet, fall in love and have babies? You get hearables. Hearables can be considered the hearing aids of the future. Part headphone, part hearing aid, part activity tracker and more, hearables are like smart watches for...
by Cristi Moore | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hearing loss is a normal part of aging, but the question of how to prevent hearing loss is one worth answering. As you get older, you start to lose hair cells in the inner ear, which turn sound waves into electrical impulses to be passed to the brain. This leads to...
by Cristi Moore | Oct 18, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
Hearing loss isn’t just an inconvenience. Your hearing acuity can say more than you might have thought about the health of the rest of your body. One of the most concerning: There is an established link between hearing loss and heart disease, the number one killer of...
by Cristi Moore | Aug 27, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
Hearing aids are a marvel of modern medical technology, enabling about 35 million Americans who have measureable hearing loss to get some normalcy back in their lives. However, hearing aids can’t help everyone; those who are deaf or severely hard of hearing may have...
by Cristi Moore | Jul 23, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
If you’re having trouble following conversations in crowded spaces, if your TV volume is creeping up but you still can’t hear or if your spouse is getting tired of you frequently asking you what you said for the umpteenth time, then it might be time to get checked out...
by Cristi Moore | Jun 25, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
In April of 2018, musician Huey Lewis announced he was canceling all remaining tour dates indefinitely. The reason? Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear that causes hearing loss, among other symptoms. The type of hearing loss caused by Meniere’s disease is...
by Cristi Moore | May 3, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
Though most people just accept hearing loss as another “normal” part of getting older, it really is much more complex than that. The intricacies of the human ear, the elaborate way ourthe brain interprets sound and even the different professionals that help with...
by Cristi Moore | Mar 2, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
Normally referred to as a “ringing in the ears”, tinnitus is a perception of any kind of noise when none is actually present. This can include ringing, buzzing, hissing, swooshing or clicking. In certain rare cases, some patients have even heard music. It is a common...
by Cristi Moore | Jan 18, 2018 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
The inner ear is the most important part of your ability to hear. Nestled deep inside the head, it is the part of your hearing mechanism that sends what’s heard to the brain so it can interpret it accordingly. When you hear something, the sound makes the following...
by Cristi Moore | Oct 31, 2017 | Tucson Audiologist Blog, Uncategorized
These days, it’s rare to find a medical device not covered by insurance, but the reality is such a beast does exist: hearing aids. Though it may come as a shock, hearing aids—unlike other “aid” devices, such as glasses—are not covered by the majority of...
