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Dr. LaBorde and Dr. Parson’s View on Apple AirPods Hearing Care
From counting our steps to checking our heart rate, the latest and greatest in Apple technology is no stranger to helping us keep tabs on our health. Even small adjustments like volume maximizers, colorblind filters, and blue light blockers built into the technology...
An Audiologist’s Experience With Wearing Hearing Aids: Part Two
Alongside Dr. Jennifer, I also wear hearing aids, and I have since I was a little girl. I remember friends in my fourth-grade class asking me what was in my ears after getting my hearing aids and awkwardly telling them, “It’s not that big of a deal, um… bye!” While...
Apple’s Hearing Aid Features Released | Our Initial Impressions
Today, October 28, 2024, Apple released its iOS 18.1 software, which includes the long-anticipated hearing health features. This release has been a long time coming, as we have closely monitored the progress, announcements, and initial rumors over the past nine...
An Audiologist’s Experience With Wearing Hearing Aids: Part One
Something that often surprises my patients is the fact that I wear hearing aids—as audiologists, we’re not immune to hearing loss! I’ve worn hearing aids for almost 30 years now; watching hearing aid technology evolve as I work in the industry that saved my hearing...
All About ReSound Hearing Aids
If you’re looking for your first pair of hearing aids or are on the hunt for a new and improved pair over your current technology, ReSound’s hearing devices could be the right pick for you. We’re privileged to partner with several manufacturers to ensure that you get...
Apple Officially Announces a Hearing Test and Hearing Aid Feature | What This Means
Yesterday (September 9, 2024), Apple held an online event to make a number of announcements about their next generation of iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Having shared that Apple was rumored to be launching a 'Hearing Aid Mode' earlier this year, we watched with...
The Importance of Getting Your Hearing Tested in Your 50s
When one is facing a hearing loss challenge, quite often, many people will wait for up to seven years before addressing it with an audiologist; that’s seven years of missing parts of the conversation, potentially ignoring loved ones trying to get your attention, not...
Can Hearing Aids Help Me at Work?
How important is communication where you work? Unless you are completely isolated and only communicate with your colleagues via email or messaging apps, verbal communication with others at work is critical to job performance. A cross-sectional study conducted over a...
When Was Your Last Hearing Test?
We’ve heard through the grapevine that more and more young people are wearing hearing aids these days. It’s true—we’ve seen for ourselves how younger generations are now seeing the benefits of hearing care in loud and busy environments. Noise-induced hearing loss is...
Recent Study Shares the Association Between Social Isolation, Loneliness, Hearing Loss, and Increased Risk of Mortality
A study was recently published that links social isolation and loneliness to premature mortality—a horrifying but true statement. The team of researchers from Harbin Medical University took on a comprehensive meta-analysis that examined 90 studies and over two million...
