July 1, 2018 9:32 pm
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When you’re faced with the prospect of needing hearing aids due to a hearing loss or other hearing impairment, your choices can feel overwhelming. You probably know this. Even if you have a trustworthy audiologist to guide you, it’s never easy and now you find out you have to worry about battery life and how often you’ll have to get your hearing aid batteries replaced. You might even have friends or family members who’ve had a hard time with their hearing aids and how expensive it was just to have new batteries put in on a regular basis. Unless that... View Article
June 30, 2018 2:19 pm
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The short answer to the question of how veterans can get help for hearing loss is that many can get access to both free or low-cost audiology services and hearing aids through their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health benefits if they meet the eligibility requirements for hearing services. The VA contracts with many of the major hearing aid manufacturers to provide state-of-the-art hearing aids to veterans at discounted prices. If that’s the case why don’t more veterans get help? “Though almost all people with hearing loss could be helped by hearing aids, only about 20 percent of those who... View Article
June 29, 2018 5:58 pm
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Twice a month the New York Times Magazine runs an article called Diagnosis. These articles tell the stories of tricky medical cases and read like detective stories. Recently there was the story of a healthy (triathlete) gentleman who had a sudden severe GI problem while traveling in Europe. He was nauseous and unable to eat at all. His daughter, an ER physician, encouraged him to come home. He was worked up at Yale New Haven Hospital. He saw a variety of doctors who did the requisite scans and scopes. Someone suggested that maybe retirement was not agreeing with him. His... View Article
June 15, 2018 9:17 pm
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Hearing aid technology is rapidly changing. The hearing aids of today are a lot more advanced than those from even just a few years ago. From longer lasting batteries that are fully rechargeable and last for more than 24-hours to the ability to stream audio so you can hear your grandchildren on the phone and experience superior enjoyment of tv shows and movies, the latest hearing aids make it possible for you experience hearing in a more natural feeling way. Audibel A4iQ hearing aids powered by Starkey Hearing Technologies truly take your hearing to the next level and here at... View Article
June 1, 2018 9:09 pm
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The world of 3D printing is growing at a rapid pace. From highly technical applications in medicine, industry, and architecture to hobby uses at home, this field is going gangbusters. No matter the use, essentially 3D printing is an additive manufacturing process that creates a physical object from a digital design. These days you can get a home-use 3D printer in Michael’s Craft stores. But my introduction was back in the early 2000’s when I visited the production lab at Widex hearing aids to see their new process being used to create custom hearing aid shells. It was mouth-dropping amazing... View Article
