by American Hearing and Balance | Mar 3, 2016 | Hearing Test
Congratulations on taking the preliminary step toward better hearing by scheduling your hearing exam. You’re already ahead of the game, as a large number of people delay getting a hearing test for years—in some instances decades. But now that you’ve arranged your...
by American Hearing and Balance | Oct 15, 2015 | Hearing Test
In the United States, approximately 37.5 million adults have some level of hearing loss. Yet according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), only 20 percent of those who could reap the benefits of hearing aids actually use them. That means that millions of...
by American Hearing and Balance | Jun 25, 2015 | Hearing Test
In most cases, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It develops so slowly that it’s usually undetectable, and on top of that, most family doctors do not regularly test for hearing loss at the yearly physical exam. Bearing in mind these two realities, it’s...
by American Hearing and Balance | Apr 19, 2015 | Hearing Test
You have just finished your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and presents you with a chart, like the one above, except that it has all of these icons, colors, and lines. This is intended to present to you the exact, mathematically precise...
by American Hearing and Balance | Apr 12, 2015 | Hearing Test
We don’t need to tell you the signs and symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a different type of challenge: persuading someone you care for to get their hearing checked and treated. But how are you supposed to get through to someone...
