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Most individuals are pleased with their hearing aids: 91% of hearing aid wearers are satisfied with the hearing aid experience when talking one-on-one, as reported by a recent survey. When talking about specific activities, 85% were satisfied in a group environment and watching TV, 78% while in the store, and 75% in a restaurant or […]

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There are two types of vacations, right? One type is full of activities the whole time. These are the trips that are remembered for years later and are packed with adventure, and you head back to work more exhausted than you left. Then there are the relaxing kinds of vacations. These are the trips where […]

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You’ve probably noted that when movies or television shows get really intense, they start using close-ups (perhaps even extreme close-ups). That’s because the human face communicates a lot of information (more information than you’re likely consciously aware of). It’s no stretch to say that human beings are extremely facially centered. So having all of your […]

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Once you get accustomed to your hearing aid, it’s hard to go without it. Your hearing aids are, after all, your connection to the world around you. But it will periodically need to be upgraded or replaced just like all technology. A hearing aid’s average lifespan A hearing aid will typically last 3 to 7 […]

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Have you ever slept with the window in your bedroom open and awoke to the wonderful sound of birds singing just as the sun comes up? Turns out, there’s a name for all those birdsongs: the dawn chorus. Birds see the sunrise and, for some reason, decide it’s time to sing out their favorite melody. […]

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If you aren’t really rich, a car really isn’t an impulse purchase. So a lot of research is probably the first thing you do. You have a good look at things such as gas mileage, overall price, and customer reviews. (You’re on Google a lot.) It makes sense to do this level of research. For […]

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Do you remember those gallon buckets of ice cream you used to find at supermarkets? As a kid, they were the best thing ever because they offered a whole gallon of ice cream, that’s a lot of frozen custard and high-fructose corn syrup! But as you get older, you start to get a bit more […]

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You go above and beyond to ensure your hearing aids are well taken care of. Cleaning them daily, you make sure they are safe and comfortable on their charger when you go to bed. But you get pretty discouraged when your hearing aids abruptly stop working the way they did once. There are several things […]

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If you’re still wearing your older hearing aids, they might be better than no hearing aids, but they also could be costing you in some ways. Hearing aid technology has advanced a lot in the last few years! It’s changed from analog to digital, for one thing, and there are features today that weren’t even […]

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There are three types of individuals out there: those who are really interested and fascinated by history, those whose eyes glaze over and they begin to fall asleep when history is mentioned, and people who believe that aliens are responsible for history. The history of hearing aids isn’t full of aliens (sorry not sorry). But […]

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