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What is an Audiogram?
An audiogram is a graph of your hearing thresholds. At the end of your (or your child’s) appointment, your audiologist will explain your results to you, which includes the audiogram. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions, as your audiologist will be happy to...
How to Look After Your Hearing Aids and Keep Them Clean
If you want your hearing aids to last, it is very important that you look after them as best as you can. This means regularly cleaning and drying them to ensure moisture and dirt does not get inside the hearing aid. Cleaning your hearing aid will depend on the style...
Hearing Loss and Speech and Language Development
It is well supported that hearing is important for speech and language development in children. We learn speech through hearing so if our hearing is impaired it may cause speech development to be delayed.Normally, children learn language from as earlier as in utero....
Hearing aid Frequently Asked Questions
This can be different for each person. For someone who has had hearing loss for a long time, and has not used hearing aids before, it may take a little while to get used to them, and the brain needs to adjust to hearing sounds again, that have been missed for some...
Different Types of Hearing Losses
There are 3 different types of hearing loss: 1. Sensorineural hearing loss2. Conductive hearing loss3. Mixed hearing loss Sensorineural Hearing Loss: This is the most common type of hearing loss. It occurs if the cochlea (hearing organ) and/or the hearing (auditory)...
Hearing Aid Batteries
One of the most critical components affecting the performance of a hearing aid is the battery. Hearing aids on the market today are commonly powered by a disposable zinc-air button battery or a lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Disposable button batteries Zinc-air...