HEARING TIPS
A Short Biography of Raymond Carhart, the “Father of Audiology”
Most people are surprised to learn how young the discipline of audiology actually is, and just how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you desired to find the founding father of biology, as an example, you’d have to go...
Questions to Ask Your Hearing Specialist Before You Buy Hearing Aids
When it’s time to buy a car, the majority of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, evaluate options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re ready to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what...
The Top 5 Hearing Aid Myths Exposed
At times, it seems like we love to deceive ourselves. Wikipedia has an page named “List of common misconceptions” that contains hundreds of universally-held but false beliefs. Yes, I know it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the web page and you’ll see...
How to Read Your Audiogram at Your Hearing Test
You’ve just completed your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a chart, like the one above, except that it has all of these signs, colors, and lines. This is intended to show you the exact, mathematically precise...
How to Persuade Someone to Get a Hearing Test
How to Persuade Someone to Get a Hearing Test We don’t need to tell you the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a different kind of problem: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing evaluated and treated. But how are...
5 Reasons Why People Deny Hearing Loss
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before getting a professional diagnosis, notwithstanding the fact that the warning signs of hearing loss are clear to others. But are those with hearing loss merely too stubborn to get help? No, actually, and...
What to Expect at Your Hearing Exam
If the unfamiliar triggers anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is particularly nerve-racking. While the majority of us have experience with the family physician and the community dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist might be a first. It sure would...
Exploring a Career in the Hearing Care Profession
While most of us remain up to date with our annual physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we typically forget to give consideration to the well-being of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to diminish, it appears so slowly and gradually that we...
Avoiding the Biggest Mistake in Treating Your Hearing Loss
Do you recall the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized bracelets that promised to produce immediate and significant pain relief from arthritis and other chronic ailments? Well, you won’t see much of that promoting anymore; in 2008, the creators of the Q-Ray...
Geneva Hearing Services’ Audiologist Joins Nation’s Top Hearing Care Providers at Powerhouse Industry Conference
Geneva, IL – Dr. Maria Morrison and Rich Bicbic of Geneva Hearing Services, a local hearing care practice, joined a gathering of some of the brightest minds in the hearing care industry over an extended February 20 to 22 weekend conference. Owner Summit, which was...