Why isn’t my child paying attention? Why is she getting frustrated listening in class? How come he isn’t following directions? As any parent will tell you, these are questions with no easy answers...Read More
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Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
Hearing loss doesn’t always have to be from noise. Exposure to high levels of sound over an extended period of time may be a leading cause, but there are many others. Aging, genetics, and head injur...Read More
The Dog Who Helped Her Hear
Whenever the doorbell rang, Spike ran up to Beverly, barking, bothering her, until she answered the door. Every morning, after hearing the alarm, Spike woke her up, putting his paw on her arm. At rest...Read More
TBI and Hearing Loss
Brain Injury Symptoms The past couple of years have seen a rise in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) awareness, perhaps due to their prevalence in both professional and junior-league sports. But did you kn...Read More
Seeing Movies with Hearing Loss
It’s movie time, with or without hearing loss. With October’s scary flicks and winter’s Oscar® contenders on the horizon, fall is the perfect time to find yourself at the theater. For those wor...Read More
National Audiology Awareness Month
October is National Audiology Awareness Month. What does that mean? What can you do? How can you help spread awareness? Do a Google search, and you’ll find half a dozen calls to action from a variet...Read More
ARIA Therapy
If your child has a condition known as amblyaudia — a disorder that prohibits the ability of the brain to process competing information from ear-to-ear — he or she might need a type of dichotic th...Read More
Speech and Language Development
Speech and language development is every parent’s first concern. How your child receives, processes, and expresses information can be a huge determining factor affecting the rest of his or her life....Read More
Back to School with Hearing Loss
Summer is winding down and school is peeking out over the horizon. If you have hearing loss or communication difficulties, what can you do to prepare? Who can you talk to? 1. Talk to your child. Be tr...Read More
The Genetics of Hearing Loss
Can you inherit hearing loss? As you might expect, the answer is complicated. Because of genetic mutations that can be passed from parent to child, certain individuals may be more pre-disposed to hear...Read More