August 2018 | Pacific Northwest Audiology

Protecting Your Hearing During Summer

No summer is complete without a few good summer festivals. Planning a family weekend at a music festival this month? We want you to have a blast without blasting your ears with too much noise, so here are a few tips on how to protect your hearing during summer festival season. How Loud is Too Loud? When you think of summer music festivals, you probably think of amazing food trucks, stinky toilets, and crazy outfits. You’re distracted by the kids and rivetted by watching your favorite artist perform. What you might not think about is how loud the music …

How do Hearing Aids work?

541-678-5698 How do hearing aids work? Hearing aids are small, electronic devices that amplify some sounds. This can make it easier for people with a range of hearing needs, from moderate to severe, to distinguish unique sounds throughout their day. This allows people with hearing loss to hear in quiet places as well as loud and noisy places with many different kinds of sounds occurring at once. Hearing aids are a common solution to many different kinds of hearing needs. It is important to take some time to understand the wealth of information about how hearing aids work, and what …

Falls & Accidents Are More Likely with Hearing Loss

Untreated hearing loss of course affects our abilities to communicate with those around us, and we make adjustments to our communication in order to remain connected to friends, loved ones, and coworkers. Our hearing greatly impacts our abilities to navigate the world around us. When we have untreated hearing loss, then, we also need to make adjustments to how we physically move through the world in order to prevent tripping, falling, and other kinds of accidents. Studies Linking Untreated Hearing Loss & Accidents The links between untreated hearing loss and physical mishaps have been confirmed by researchers at universities …