Hearing loss can be confusing. People with sensori-neural hearing loss (nerve deafness) often suffer from “recruitment.” Recruitment is an abnormal growth in loudness perception. What may seem a little loud to someone with normal hearing [...]

Last month, we discussed how people with hearing loss learn to cope with gradual hearing loss.   Although each person goes through their own process of coming to terms with hearing loss, there are generalities [...]

The average American waits seven to ten years before getting the help they need for their hearing loss. Countless misunderstandings occur.  Communication breaks down. Frustration escalates. Relationships suffer. Precious time is lost.
Each and every person [...]

There has been a huge breakthrough in hearing aid technology! But let’s look at the development of hearing aids over the last twenty-five years, first.
Twenty-five years ago, hearing aids were linear, analog circuits – pure [...]

Over the past few months we have had an influx of disgruntled people call; or come to Avalon. They were very unhappy with their hearing aids; aids they had purchased somewhere else. Most of these [...]

In 1998, the National Council on Aging conducted the largest survey ever to determine the effects of hearing loss on older Americans.  Over 4000 hearing-impaired people (both users and non-users of hearing instruments) and their [...]

Denial is the number one enemy of people with hearing loss. It is the greatest barrier to work through before seeking help. Most hearing-impaired people in denial think they don’t need hearing aids or can [...]

Hearing loss attacks one in ten Americans. But that hearing loss not only affects the hard-of-hearing person, it impacts the entire family. Because most hearing losses come on gradually, family members are often [...]

Hearing loss is the nation’s number one disability.  Many people who develop hearing or clarity problems do nothing about it.  In fact, the average American waits five to ten years before seeking help.  What people [...]

The number one complaint hearing aid wearers still have today is that their hearing aids don’t work well in noisy situations. Last month, we discussed why it is so frustrating to understand in background noise [...]

Only last week, I had a delicious meal at a local restaurant but the frustration of trying to have a conversation with my friends overshadowed the meal.  I will not return to that restaurant because [...]

Imagine that you have a hearing loss. A typical week might include any of the following stressful situations:
Your family continually tells you to “turn down the television”. When you do, it’s difficult to follow the [...]

A few weeks ago I tested a woman who had worn hearing aids for over 20 years. She was getting ready to invest in her fifth set of hearing instruments…yes, her fifth set. She had [...]

Did you know that the second biggest reason people do not get help for gradual hearing loss is that they believe “hearing aids cost too much”?  This reason along with believing that one’s “hearing really [...]