by Evanston Audiology | Jul 4, 2018 | Anatomy and Physiology
How can you tell that you need a hearing aid upgrade? Consider these reasons new hearing aids make sense.
by Evanston Audiology | Jul 23, 2015 | Anatomy and Physiology, Articles, Common Conditions of the Ear, Hearing, Hearing Loss, Preventative Care
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and undoubtedly, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is common, and it breaches the very first rule of cleaning your ears:...
by Evanston Audiology | Jul 16, 2015 | Anatomy and Physiology, Articles, Hearing, Hearing Loss, Preventative Care
It’s common to think of hearing loss as an inescapable problem connected with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s daily use of iPods. But the numbers suggest that the greater problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In...
by Evanston Audiology | May 28, 2015 | Anatomy and Physiology, Articles, Common Conditions of the Ear, Hearing, Hearing Loss, Preventative Care
If we really want to understand hearing loss, we have to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more difficult, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional responses to the loss of hearing. In conjunction, the...
by Evanston Audiology | Jul 31, 2013 | Anatomy and Physiology
Sadly, the “speech banana” isn’t a fruit that enhances hearing nor is it related to that old vaudeville comic skit that goes, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The “speech banana” is a...
by Evanston Audiology | May 10, 2013 | Anatomy and Physiology
A number of the problems that cause hearing loss for our patients cannot be reversed which can be quite frustrating for our hearing specialists. For example, one of the most common causes of hearing loss is damage to the very small, sensitive hair cells that line the...
