Protect Your Hearing This Summer
With Memorial Day right around the counter, the unofficial start to summer is almost here. With that comes vacations, trips to the beach and backyard barbeques. But summer activities can also leave you exposed to particularly high decibel levels, which can permanently harm your hearing. Your Los Angeles audiologist is here to help you enjoy…
May is Better Hearing & Speech Month
In addition to preparing for the end of the school year, getting your summer vacation plans finalized and planning your next barbecue, May is the time to raise awareness of hearing loss and speech problems. Created in 1927 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Better Hearing & Speech Month is a time to encourage people…
Airplane Ear
The summer is so close you can almost taste it. With that comes vacations; hopefully to a far-off land full of mystery. Even if you are only going a few states away, many of us will find ourselves at LAX for one reason or another during this time of year. To prepare for your trip…
How Does Hearing Work?
Have you ever looked at something that makes sound and wondered how the whole process works? How does sound travel through the air, enter your ear and somehow let your brain know you heard something? While many people take this process for granted, there are almost 48 million people in Los Angeles and around the…
10 Tips for Efficient Communication with the Hearing Impaired
Do you have someone in your life with hearing loss? Chances are you do as it affects nearly 48 million people in Los Angeles and throughout the country. Communicating with someone who has hearing loss is often frustrating, and that frustration goes both ways. Instead of letting those with hearing loss continue to sit in…
Talking to Your Boss About Hearing Loss
New year, new you. There are 48 million people in Los Angeles and throughout the country with hearing loss; 65 percent of those individuals are under the age of 65. That’s a lot of people with hearing loss still working. If you are one of these people, now is the time to finally talk to…
Holiday Dinner Survival Guide
The holiday season is in full swing, and with that comes large dinners with family and friends. According to your Los Angeles audiologist, 50 percent of all families will have at least one person at their holiday table with hearing loss. Below are a few tips to help make sure everyone is included in the…
Tips for Preventing Hearing Loss This Fall
Protect your hearing this fall With Halloween in the rearview mirror, you are now able to focus on other parts of fall – namely football and leaf raking. Just be careful; some of these fall activates can put your hearing health in danger. Below are some tips to keep you safe. Avoid the Leaf Blower…
