Hearing Aids - Blog Posts

Whether it's gum, tobacco or a piece of steak, every one of us chews something.As outlandish as it may sound, researchers in Canada have used technology to turn mastication – and other movements of the jaw – into a source of electricity that could transform the way people power a range of electronic devices such as hearing aids."The human body has abundant sources of energy from the leg movements, or the arms swinging or general body motion," Aidin Delnavaz, Research Associate at Montreal's École de Technologie Supérieure, told CNBC.com in a phone interview. "In the region of the head… the...

1.  Get Hearing Aids covered by InsuranceAn aging population, along with implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits provision, could soon shine a spotlight on the issue of hearing health care and hearing aid insurance, a benefit commonly left out of traditional commercial health plans and specifically excluded from Medicare.According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, 20% of the U.S. adult population — 48 million people — is living with some form of hearing loss. But the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reports that only one in five people who could benefit from...

Of all the big retailers like Costco, Sam's Club or Walmart,    Target is absent from the hearing aid market.  They do not sell hearing aids online or in their retail stores.  They have either examined the market and determined that its not profitable for them - or its not even on their radar.Who knows...we do know that things are changing at Target. The company has a new CEO, hasn't been meeting its sales forecasts in Canada and in the US the bulk of its sales are coming from discounted merchandise.That means, the company's demographic is changing. Customers are focusing on...

Posted by Nicola RobasResearchers in America have started a clinical trial to test a ground breaking gene therapy which aims to treat hearing loss by restoring sound detecting cells that have been damaged by trauma to the inner ear. Hearing Loss caused by damage to the inner ear hair cells When sound enters the ear, it is detected by cells in the inner ear called hair cells. These hair cells (so-called because of the tiny hair-like projections on their surface) are vital to our ability to hear as they convert the pitch and loudness of sound into an electrical signal...

Hearing loss is so common that it's long been considered a normal part of the aging process and no great cause for alarm. But studies from Johns Hopkins University have found links between hearing loss, cognitive decline and dementia. That means that it may be a greater health threat than imagined and that measures as simple as hearing aids could have a huge influence on healthy brain function."Hearing loss shouldn't be considered an inconsequential part of aging," said Dr. Frank Lin, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins and an otologist and epidemiologist who studies the effects of hearing loss on older...

A Miracle Ear Hearing Aid ReviewMiracle Ear and Sears   Miracle Ear saw amazing success selling hearing aids in the 1980s due to a few things; A. location in Sears and B. lack of competition.  Sears was the place to go in the 70s and 80s. (My family used to shop there) How are they doing 2015?   I will start with A., Location. Having your hearing aid store inside of Sears or any larger retailer can be a double edge sword - dangerous.  Fortunes for Sears have changed - consumers tastes have changed.  Consumers are not going to Sears anymore. ...

I am going to share what Wikipedia offers History of hearing aids Madame de Meuron with ear trumpet The first hearing aid was created in the 17th century. The movement toward modern hearing aids began with the creation of the telephone, and the first electric hearing aid was created in 1898. By the late 20th century, the digital hearing aid was distributed to the public commercially. Some of the first hearing aids were external hearing aids. External hearing aids directed sounds in front of the ear and blocked all other noises. The apparatus would fit behind or in the ear.The...

Research conducted by the National Institutes of Health and by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine show Popular pain-relieving medicines linked to hearing loss in womenHeadache? Back pain? At the first sign of pain, you might reach for a pain-relieving medicine to sooth your bodily woes. Analgesics are the most frequently employed medications in the United States and are commonly used to treat a variety of medical conditions. But although popping a pill may make the pain go away, it may also do some damage to your ears.According to a study by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), women...

From Vertigo to Tinnitus, Ear Ailments Are New Focus for Drugs Dr. Hinrich Staecker, left, examining Rob Gerk, who lost most of his hearing when he had meningitis as a toddler. University of Kansas Hospital By ANDREW POLLACK Driving to a meeting in 2008, Jay Lichter, a venture capitalist, suddenly became so dizzy he had to pull over and call a friend to take him to the emergency room.The diagnosis: Ménière’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear characterized by debilitating vertigo, hearing loss and tinnitus, or ringing in the ears.But from adversity can spring opportunity. When Mr. Lichter learned there were...

Great read on hearing loss and what hearing aids actually do under the hoodWritten by Varun Srinivasan, in collaboration with the Amp teamWhen Alex and I were pitching SoundFocus as an app that helped people with hearing loss, this was often the first question we got. We’ve decided to write up our answer to this question as a blog post, complete with cycling bears, to help anyone else who is interested in the true nature of hearing loss.People often think of hearing loss as a simple loudness problem, one which can be fixed by hitting the “volume up” button on...

Posted by Stag ArmsWhy You Need Hearing Protection With Firearms   Hearing protection should always be part of firearm safety. People who regularly use firearms without adequate protection are at risk of experiencing hearing loss, especially high frequency sounds such as "th," "s," or "v."The following information discusses why hearing protection is important and describes the different types of protection available.The Decibel Range of FirearmsA decibel is used to measure the level or intensity of a sound, and for every 3 decibels, the sound is twice as loud. Not all firearms produce the same level of noise. For instance, a .22...

Restoring Synaptic Connections in the Inner Ear after Noise Damage Prolonged exposure to noise results in loss of ribbon synapses, composed in part by superclusters of neurotransmitter vesicles in the sensory hair cells of the cochlea. Expression of a nerve growth factor in mouse cochlea mitigates noise-induced damage and hearing loss Source Information From the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, MD (L.L.C.); and the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (D.L.T.).Read more here:  http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcibr1413201