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Why Face Masks Make It Harder to Hear (And What You Can Do About It)
Hearing Care Services, Profession, Research

Why Face Masks Make It Harder to Hear (And What You Can Do About It)

Face masks create a significant barrier to communication for people with hearing loss, reducing auditory clarity by up to 20 decibels and hiding crucial visual cues like lip movements and facial expressions. The solution requires a two-part approach: people with hearing impairment can use assistive listening devices, smartphone amplification apps, and clear communication strategies, while those speaking to them should optimize their speech techniques, use transparent masks when appropriate, and create better listening environments. The challenge became widespread during recent public health measures, but the communication barriers masks create extend far beyond temporary circumstances. Whether you wear hearing aids or simply find it harder to follow conversations when people cover their f...
When Fire Damage Meets Hearing Loss: Support You Need While Buying a Damaged Home
Awareness, Hearing Care Services, Profession

When Fire Damage Meets Hearing Loss: Support You Need While Buying a Damaged Home

Request independent communication support before every viewing and inspection. Property Saviour specialists note that fire-damaged properties present unique safety challenges that demand crystal-clear communication. Bring a trusted companion, professional interpreter, or real-time captioning app to capture crucial details about structural damage, smoke residue, and electrical hazards that could be life-threatening if misunderstood. Document everything in writing from the first interaction. Email all questions about the property's fire history, repair estimates, and safety certifications rather than relying on phone calls. This creates a permanent record you can review carefully and protects your legal rights if disputes arise later. Request that inspectors and estate agents provide writte...
When to Change Your Signia Hearing Aid Domes (Before They Fail You)
Hearing Care Services, Profession, Research

When to Change Your Signia Hearing Aid Domes (Before They Fail You)

Your Signia hearing aid domes are small but crucial components that directly impact sound quality and comfort. These soft, bell-shaped tips sit at the end of your receiver and channel sound into your ear canal. Replace them every two to three months, or sooner if you notice earwax buildup, physical damage, or reduced sound clarity. Think of domes like toothbrush heads. They require regular replacement to maintain optimal performance and hygiene. Worn domes can distort sound, cause feedback whistling, or create discomfort that makes you less likely to wear your devices consistently. Signia offers multiple dome styles, from open designs that allow natural sound to pass through to closed options that provide maximum amplification. Choosing the right type and maintaining a replacement schedu...
Voice Amplifiers for Quiet Voices
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Voice Amplifiers for Quiet Voices

You and your voice go everywhere together, but different conditions can hinder you from communicating effectively. A portable voice amplifier can help you with your voice’s lack of volume. If you’ve been looking for a device like this, then keep reading. The Use of Voice Amplifiers Amplifiers boost quiet voices and help teachers to amplify their voices through face masks. They make the finest voices more audible. They pick up even the faintest whispers with their boom and pass the sound through a digital speaker. Some voice amplifiers also have a microphone that you can clip to the side of your throat. These also pick up sounds and amplify them, but they are more discreet. You can use voice amplifiers in any setting, indoors and indoors. Many teachers especially use them to speak thro...
How Vaping Might Be Connected to Hearing Loss
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How Vaping Might Be Connected to Hearing Loss

Vaping is the act of inhaling vapor produced by Vape equipment called e-cigarettes. Unlike traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes do not produce tar, so they are generally considered less harmful. Despite this, vaping can still be hazardous to our health as e-cigarettes contain other harmful chemicals such as nicotine and flavoring. One health hazard that vaping can produce is damage to the user’s hearing abilities. Continue reading below for more information why vaping might cause hearing disabilities. Nicotine and Its Harmful Effects As stated previously, e-cigarettes still contain a harmful chemical known as nicotine. One harmful effect of consuming nicotine is that it tightens the blood vessel of a person. This tightening includes the blood vessels on the ears and restricts blood's pro...
Crossover Learning: Periodontology Meets Audiology
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Crossover Learning: Periodontology Meets Audiology

The continuous development and widening of the horizons of various medical professions can be achieved through crossover learning. If one is to organize and motivate medical professionals to embrace this practice, one can contribute greatly to the advancement of science and health care. Take Javier Garcia, for example. He was able to gain more than 2,000 members for the Spanish Society of Periodontology and Osseointology when he took charge of communications and marketing in 2010. Although only 621 delegates made it to the congress that year in Catalonia, it was still considered a good achievement for a European congress. In 2019, however, Garcia wowed the world when he, as the Executive Director of the association, managed to round up 6,290 delegates in Valencia for the SEPA. Accord...
Navigating Through the Pandemic: Operational Guidelines from Authorities in Audiology
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Navigating Through the Pandemic: Operational Guidelines from Authorities in Audiology

Providing health care services started getting tricky because of the limitations caused by COVID-19. Work is encumbered but it can continue. To keep the profession alive and capable of serving the people in need of hearing care, the principal authorities in audiology in the United Kingdom namely the British Academy of Audiology (BAA), the Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP), the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (BSHAA), and the British Society of Audiology (BSA), have formulated and released the COVID-19 guidelines. This document contains the precautions, PPEs, and minimum standard health protocols that hearing care services providers need to follow to ensure their and their customers' safety. It was updated last January 2021. The aforementi...
Audiology Gatherings Are Coming to the US, Germany, and Poland
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Audiology Gatherings Are Coming to the US, Germany, and Poland

Amidst the fight against the pandemic, people are starting to come together face-to-face advance causes that matter. One of these causes is hearing health, and the Academy of Doctors of Audiology or ADA is spearheading a gathering for it. The event will take place in the Marriot Downtown Waterfront Hotel in Portland, Oregon from October 25 to 27, 2021. The conference is named AuDacity 2021. It will showcase selected presentations about innovations in audiology that will educate the attendees. In Germany, a meeting is also brewing, and it will happen from the 15th to 17th of September this year. This audiology meeting that will take place in Hanover, Germany is considered to be the biggest one on the planet. The 65th EUHA Congress organizers are said to announce their call for abstrac...