Hearing Blog

Sounds are all around us. From the of birds chirping in the morning to the wind whispering through the trees, these types of sounds are soothing and relaxing in our everyday lives. Noise, on the other hand, can be quite detrimental to our hearing ability if we are unaware if its impacts. The National Institute on Deafness and Other communication Disorders (NIDCD) shows that 10 million Americans have already suffered irreversible hearing damage from noise,...

September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Alzheimer’s is a brain condition that affects parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. Just as untreated hearing loss robs you of life’s pleasures, so does dementia, the of the most common forms of Alzheimer’s. Studies here and in Europe and Asia have linked untreated hearing loss with the onset of dementia. Contact Hearing Aid Specialists of the Central Coast today for your free hearing evaluation and...

It’s sticky, it’s yucky, none of us like to think about it, but it’s a normal part of life. We’re talking about earwax. We all know we have it, we all clean it up, but have we ever taken the time to stop and wonder what earwax actually does? Why do our bodies produce “wax” from our ears? Today we take the time to talk all about a rather gross and mostly mysterious aspect of...

Portable music players have been around since the late 20th century, but there’s no denying that they’ve come a long way since we were kids. With more sophisticated technology – in sound quality and battery life – kids these days are plugged in for longer periods of time. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 billion “teenagers and young adults are at risk of developing hearing loss due to the unsafe use of...