Hearing Blog

Like the old saying goes, April showers bring Better Speech and Hearing Month! Every May, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) raises awareness around communication issues and hearing health. At Hearing Aid Specialists of the Central Coast, we couldn’t be more excited to help people connect with the information and services they need to hear better and live better. Here are a few tips to help you stay on top of your hearing health.  ...

Did you know that one in three people over the age of 65 experience some degree of hearing loss? Chances are, there is someone in your life who experiences a hearing loss and might not even know it yet. As an invisible condition, hearing loss affects many different areas of one’s life but is not immediately understood as the root of the problem. If you believe that your loved one may have a hearing loss,...

Though hearing loss is the third most common medical condition in the United States, it is often undertreated and undiagnosed. This is due to the fact that it is an invisible condition, and more often than not, it is easy to ignore or accommodate the realities of hearing loss. Many people may ask others to speak up or they will turn up the volume on their devices. However, these quick fixes do not do much...

Hearing is our fastest sense – believe it or not! While some may think it is our sense of sight, it actually takes the brain a quarter of a second to process an image. Meanwhile, our brain takes only 0.05 seconds to process sound! If you’ve noticed challenges with your sense of hearing, you may possibly have a hearing loss. Hearing loss is the third most common health condition in the US, after arthritis and...