This week we are going to talk about what is most important to achieve a successful hearing aid fitting. As the title to this article suggests, your attitude will determine how well you do with hearing aids. There are several other factors that are important as well, but nothing affects the outcome as much as attitude. For the record, that …
Why Your Friends & Family Mumble
When people come into my office for a free hearing screening we start out with a general conversation about their hearing health history and how they feel they hear. Often times they will tell me that the think they hear okay except for the people who mumble. These are usually those folks who are close to the patient. In other …
Hearing aids saved my marriage
A lot of people with hearing loss will try to laugh it off when confronted with the fact that they just don’t hear as clearly as they used to. Usually they are the only one laughing. Over 20 years ago when I had just started fitting hearing aids I worked with a gentleman and his wife who, let’s just say, …