App-y Holidays!
The holiday season is filled with family gatherings and good cheer, but those with hearing loss can feel left out. To avoid slipping into a seasonal depression, there are a number of smartphone apps that can help those in Plano with hearing loss enjoy the festiveness of the season. Whether you are Team Apple or…
What Does an Audiologist Do?
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with hearing loss in Plano, you can expect to become pretty well acquainted with your audiologist. Prior to your diagnosis, if you thought of an audiologist at all, you probably pictured somebody who wore a white coat and who peered into your ears with a lighted…
Can Untreated Hearing Loss Lead to Dementia?
If you’re a Plano resident with hearing loss, there are bigger risks than the embarrassment of misunderstanding a word here and a phrase there. True, your date might look at you funny if you pass her a lime instead of the wine, but in the overall scheme of things this is pretty minor. Bigger problems…
Can Hearing Loss Be Treated?
We live in a time where we expect all of our problems to be instantly solved. Out of toilet paper? Hit a few buttons on your phone and it will be delivered to you within two hours. Need an air conditioner installed? Hire a handyman quickly and easily from an ap. But what about medical…
Better Hearing & Speech Month
Even though May is almost over and done with, there is no time like the present to discuss the importance of Better Hearing & Speech Month. In 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) created Better Hearing & Speech Month. The goal of the month-long event was to help raise awareness of hearing loss and speech…
Top 5 Symptoms of Hearing Loss
According to your local Plano audiologist, hearing loss is a progressive condition. This means that the symptoms appear gradually and it usually takes people a while to realize they are losing their hearing. This is one of the reasons most wait an average of seven years before they seek help for their hearing loss. As…
