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Why the Better Hearing Institute Suggests that People with Heart Disease Have Their Hearing Checked One of the oldest and most well-respected hearing loss organizations in the U.S. is addressing the link between heart disease and hearing loss, as well as stressing the importance of hearing checks for people with heart disease. The Better Hearing [...]

Technology defines the role of your hearing aid audiologist in the new year With the digital age of hearing aids have come many changes to the job of your audiology hearing aid center, and this will continue to be the case moving into 2012. Much of the history of the perceived ineffectiveness of most hearing aids can be summed [...]

Get a hearing aid check; it may just change your life for the better Recent study details correlation between good hearing and a good life Could a simple hearing aid check really change your life for the better? According to a new study from the hearing loss awareness organization, Hear the World, it sure can. [...]

Need hearing aid repair services? One local couple does A local couple is asked to leave church service as a result of ringing hearing aids Reports out of Pueblo indicate that a local couple, who quite clearly needed a hearing aid repair service, were asked to leave the church service they were attending due to the [...]

Audiology Center Presents Quotes About Hearing As your local audiology center, Cornerstone Hearing Centers Inc., is dedicated to raising awareness about hearing loss, and how important it is for people to have their hearing checked regularly. According to The Journal of the American Medical Association hearing loss affects more people than any other serious ailment, including heart [...]

Audiology Hearing Aid Market Growing Steadily A discussion of why market researchers predict that the audiology hearing aid market will reach $26.2 billion by 2017 The market research company, Global Industry Analysts, Inc, has recently concluded a comprehensive study of the audiology hearing aid market, and have projected that the U.S. market for audiological hearing devices will reach [...]

What Makes a Good Hearing Aid Centre? When it comes to selecting the best hearing aid centre for your hearing loss solution needs, there is nothing more important than being educated on what attributes to look for. Just like with any medical condition, proper treatment of your hearing loss requires an examination from a highly trained [...]

Ear Audiology and Noise Induced Hearing Loss It has become a well known fact in the field of ear audiology that listening to music too loudly is a primary and prevalent cause of hearing loss. As we discussed in yesterday’s post, many people suffer from hearing loss which results from exposure to high decibel levels at their place of [...]

Lessons from your Hearing Aid Audiologist: Occupational Hearing Loss There isn’t a hearing aid audiologist around who isn’t intimately familiar with the prevalence of occupational hearing loss. Occupational hearing loss is any degree of hearing loss that comes about as a result of exposure to ear damaging sound levels while one is at work. The risk of occupational hearing loss is [...]

Regular Hearing Checks and Subduing Chronic Illness Recent studies are showing that hearing loss and chronic illness may be linked, making regular hearing checks all the more important. These studies are concluding that individuals with diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic kidney disease, and depression are more at risk to also suffer from hearing loss; as if [...]

Why You Should Check Your Hearing Early and Often The fleeting nature of our ability to hear It is common knowledge that, as humans, our ability to hear fades over time, and this is the reason why it is important to check your hearing regularly throughout your life. Hearing loss is most commonly noticed by individuals [...]

Hearing Aid Digital Age The impact of wireless technology on today’s hearing aids The technology age that we are currently in the midst of has caused drastic changes in the way that we communicate and interact with one another, particularly for the hearing impaired living in the hearing aid digital age. With the rise of laptops, smart phones, tablets and other communication media those with hearing loss [...]

Test Hearing at a Young Age How hearing loss can affect childhood development It is more important than ever for children to test hearing at a young age, as there are now so many technological advancements in the field of hearing loss which can address hearing loss in young people early on, thus perpetuating normal development. There is no [...]

Colorado Doctors Perform Remote Audiological Testing Technology enables audiological testing of an infant in Guam With the use of advanced remote audiological testing technology, Dr. Debra Hayes and Dr. Susan Dreith, professionals from the  Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at the Children’s Hospital-Colorado performed a hearing loss test on an infant in Guam. The test [...]

The Hearing Aids of a Football Mastermind For many who suffer from hearing loss, it can be difficult to put aside their pride when the time comes to fit and put on the hearing aids that they require. This is never more the case than with a man who has played and now coaches football [...]

Audiology Services Becoming More Important Nation-wide prevalence of hearing loss on the rise There has never been a better time to utilize the audiology services at Cornerstone Hearing Centers Inc. According to the National Center for Health, 36 million people in the U.S. are living with some degree of hearing loss. This comes out to [...]

What are the Characteristics of Quality Hearing Aids? When it comes to hearing loss, one of the most commonly asked questions is, what are the characteristics of quality hearings aids? As the average consumer is not nearly as educated in hearing aid selections and specifications as they are about, say, blue jeans, it is critical that these [...]

Your ears as hearing and balance centers   Many people don’t realize that their hearing and balance centers are intimately intertwined. Our balance depends on nerve signals from three systems; eyes, legs/torso, and inner ear balance organs. These comprise our vestibular system. These nerve systems link directly to the brain and help ensure that we stay upright on our [...]

New hearing aid technology allows deaf woman to hear her own voice for the first time ever Carrying over the theme of new hearing aid technology that we started yesterday, let’s have a look a one of the newest medical breakthroughs in hearing aid technology. This new hearing aid advance, known at the Esteem® Implantable Hearing System, was [...]

The future of hearing aid audiology: The hearing loop For tens of millions of Americans who struggle with hearing loss, the future of hearing aid audiology may just be here. It can be described with three words; the hearing loop. The hearing loop doesn’t as much describe a singular, tangible piece of technology, but rather a complete system of [...]