What is the Cost of Hearing Health?
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03, 2017
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02, 2017
How In-Ear Monitors Can Help (Or Hurt) An Artist
From an article written 2/14/2017 by Paula Parisi Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Adele performing a tribute to George Michael onstage during The 59th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles. "My ears weren't working!" has been an artist's rejoinder for everything from cueing the wrong playback to singing off-key. But sometimes things really [...]
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02, 2017
Hearing Loss at 20?
Hearing Loss at 20? CDC Says it’s More Common than You Think Nearly 20 percent of people in their 20s already have some hearing loss, and more than half of people are not losing their hearing from loud noise at work, according to a new report. The survey from the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
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08, 2016
Don’t Use Q-Tips in Ears
This past sunday I saw what was a repeat from May of this year, a segment on Sunday morning with Charles Osgood that really hit home for me. In our Audiology practice the number one question I am asked is "Is it safe for me to use q-tips?" This article helps to remind us that Q-tips are great little [...]
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07, 2016
Shark Tanks Daymond Johns on Hearing Aids
In an article written in Money, Daymond John shares a message that speaks loud and clear to the fact that age is irrelevant when it comes to hearing loss and that vanity can not play a part in one's decision to use hearing aids. Hearing is one of our most important senses, it’s always our wish that people [...]
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03, 2016
Dogs are like People Too
Dogs are like people too…………. Tele-Audiology has been a buzz word for some time now. It is a model that has been used with medicine and now Audiology has been dabbling with it especially in remote areas of the country where access to professionals is limited or too far to travel to. Just by accident [...]
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11, 2015
What are the costs associated with hearing aid fittings?
The costs associated with a hearing aid fitting include not only the device but also the professional skills and knowledge of your audiologist. The value of an audiologist’s intervention lies in the education and training as a professional with a unique skill set to ensure that your device is fit and adjusted to your specific [...]
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04, 2015
Service Dogs can help with Vestibular Disorder
According to Vestibular.org one recent large epidemiological study estimates that as many as 35% of adults aged 40 years or older in the United States—approximately 69 million Americans—have experienced some form of vestibular dysfunction. Of that number about 4% according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), (8 million) of American adults [...]
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08, 2014
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10, 2013
National Hearing Month- October 2013
October is National Hearing Awareness month and our office has been involved in several different activities to promote this important cause. Last week Dr Servedio was invited to speak to the residents at the Atria Senior Living Center on West 86th Street in Manhattan. The lecture was very well attended and it focused on hearing loss and the [...]