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Will Your Health Insurance Cover Hearing Aids?

The second installment of Hearing Tracker’s survey of 2000 hearing aid users has just been published, and it includes some interesting facts and figures. Paying for Hearing Aids with Medical …

Does Medicare Cover Hearing Aids and Tests?

Does Medicare cover hearing aids and testing? Some Medicare Advantage plans may provide coverage for hearing aids and testing. Learn more about what is covered.

What Is Tinnitus? How Do You Treat It?

45 million Americans suffer from ringing in their ears caused by Tinnitus. Learn more about what Tinnitus is and how you can find Tinnitus relief.

How to prepare for your first hearing appointment

If you've decided to get your hearing checked out for the first time, it can be a bit daunting to figure out how to prepare and what questions to ask, especially if you don't have a close friend or...

Why restaurants are so loud nowadays

Q-tips are sending thousands of kids to the ER

Feel the need to clean your child's ears? Step away from that cotton swab.

The Right Way to Clean Your Ears

Your ears are self-cleaning, and the movements of your jaw force earwax from the canal to the outer ear. If you try to remove it, your ear produces more wax

Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back

Marianne Leone’s Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations. Born on a farm in Italy, Linda finds her way to th…

3 Things to Expect from Hearing Aid Repairs

In an effort to provide an element of reassurance, we’ve put together a guide to 3 simple things you should expect when your hearing aid needs repairs.

CCC Uses AI & Heatmaps to Depict Vehicle Damage

The CCC heat map technology transforms vehicle photos into heat maps which provide an insightful color-coded view of the damage for every major vehicle...

How not to lose your hearing aid

How To Keep Your Hearing Aids In Top-Notch Condition

No one loves technology as much as someone who uses new advances to improve the lives of others. With each new generation of hearing devices, the staff at Valley Hearing Center get to witness people hearing better, with less hassle, and with a higher-level of customizationBut it’s not just the natural hearing or near-invisibility of the devices we love: it’s also the durability. Hearing devices…

Ask Linda: How Often Should I Get Refit?

Linda answers a very popular question: How often should I get refit? Read Linda's explanation and common myths about bra fitting!

Hearing aids come a long way

Q: After years of living with hearing loss, I am soon going to get my first hearing aid. Anything I should know ahead of time to be prepared? A: The first thing many new users of hearing aids notice is that sounds seem strange. Think of how different your

Bekkerus: If you say it, mean it

This semester, as fewer students are wearing masks, colder weather is approaching and everyone’s starting to get sick more often, I’m thinking about my experience with sickness, mental health and

Hearing Aids: Why It's Better to Shop Local

For many reasons, buying hearing aids through your local audiologist, rather than a big box store or online, is the better choice. Here's why.

Show your loved ones you care: Get hearing aids!

It goes without saying that relationships take work. Communication is especially important, as it is the way we listen to our partner’s concerns and frustrations, and allows us to have conversations about things both important and trivial. But if one of those in the relationship has hearing loss, frustrations can begin to mount. Just a simple conversation becomes difficult, and one of the most crucial elements of a good relationship can be lost.