How to Prepare for Your Next Hearing Appointment
One of our recent blog posts outlined why regular hearing appointments are critical for your health and why you need to stay on top of scheduling them. Therefore, we hope you have a hearing appointment scheduled to update your audiogram and check in with your audiologist. If you do, that’s wonderful! Here are some ways…
What to Expect During a Professional Hearing Test
A hearing test is a critical step in determining the state of your hearing health and beginning treatment for hearing loss, if necessary. It’s estimated that almost 30 million American adults could benefit from hearing aids1, and you’ll need a hearing test to determine if you’re one of them. We understand that a new health…
How Regular Hearing Screenings Support Long-Term Wellness
Just like you go to your primary care provider, your dentist and your eye doctor regularly, you should also prioritize seeing an audiologist for a hearing screening regularly. It’s probably obvious that hearing tests support your hearing health, but hearing health has been linked to many aspects of overall wellness. The Effects of Untreated Hearing…
Why Early Spring Is the Perfect Time for a Hearing Test
Spring is such a lovely time of year, and it’s wonderful to watch the world come back to life after a cold winter. This is a perfect time of year to slough off the winter blues, refresh your routines and feel yourself bloom along with the flora. To that end, it’s a great idea to…
Resolve to Protect Your Hearing 2026
Many common New Year’s Resolutions feature your health: exercise more, eat healthier, lose weight, quit smoking. One overlooked aspect of your health that might benefit from some intentionality in 2026 is your hearing health. The Prevalence of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), as the name implies, is damage to one’s hearing that occurs…
Reconnecting Through Conversation: End-of-Year Communication Goals
As the year winds down and we gather with family and loved ones for holidays and New Year’s, let’s reflect on communication. Humans are social creatures, and communication is our primary way of connecting to one another. We’ve compiled some communication goals and strategies to carry into those holiday parties and into next year. Cheers…
Reflecting on a Year of Better Hearing
Now that December is here, we’re preparing for the end of 2025 and looking forward to 2026. We at have been thrilled to be a part of your hearing journey, and we would like to take this moment to reflect on how better hearing has made a positive difference. Celebrating Hearing Successes Clearer hearing has…
Tips for Hearing Clearly at Family Gatherings
The holiday season is upon us! Next week is Thanksgiving, an excellent time to connect with loved ones and enjoy delicious food. However, those lively dinner discussions can get loud, and for those with hearing loss, it can be frustrating or overwhelming to follow the conversation. We’ve compiled some tips to help you enjoy Thanksgiving…
Strengthening Communication Through Hearing Changes
Approximately 13% of people in the United States aged 12 or over have hearing loss in both ears. Hearing loss reshapes the intimate relationships in your life. While hearing aids significantly improve speech understanding, practicing good communication techniques to help understand those around you is still important. Let’s take a look at some communication tips…
Will I Pass My Hearing Loss Down to My Children?
Approximately one in 500 infants is born with or develops hearing loss during early childhood (Centers for Disease Control, 2024). If you have hearing loss and are about to or are planning to have a child, it’s natural to worry that you’ll pass the condition down. Let’s take a look at genes, DNA and how…