Human nature dictates the things that capture – and keep – our attention. If you send a survey out to 300 random people and ask them about the significance of Dec. 1, I can guarantee you most of them will not know. Unless something affects us directly, we tend to not pay attention. Admittedly, there is too much going on in every individual life that we can barely pay attention to what is right in front of us, let alone the significance of any random date on the calendar. After all, there … [Read more...] about Highlighting the Significance of December First
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Old Hearing Aids Help Others
If you have an old pair of hearing aids or cochlear implant processors that someone used in the past, don’t waste the opportunity to help someone else. That device may open a new world of hearing to someone. All makes and models are of value and will be readily accepted. There are a few options for you to “recycle” the hearing aids. If you have a pair of hearing aids that you used and now have a new pair, ask your audiologist if the old aids would be a good back-up pair for you. If the … [Read more...] about Old Hearing Aids Help Others
Hearing Aids – Now What?
So, you or someone you associate with has hearing aids. Congratulations! Now the question is, what should you expect when you talk to them? Should they be able to understand everything going on around them? Will I still have to repeat myself? Will life be normal again? Actually, the hearing aids are only part of the treatment plan when someone has a hearing loss. The other part is how, when and where you attempt to communicate with a person. The hearing aid will make sounds louder and reduce … [Read more...] about Hearing Aids – Now What?
