Vote for the Best of Mid-Valley
StatesmanJournal.com’s Best of the Mid-Valley has invited readers to nominate and vote for their favorite people, businesses and things to do in Marion and Polk counties. Statesman Journal’s Best of the Mid-Valley is all about you. The places where you eat, shop, play and relax give the Mid-Valley its life. Nominate your favorite businesses, people…
National Protect Your Hearing Month
Approximately 30 million workers are exposed to hazardous levels of noise on the job. Noise-induced hearing loss is caused by damage to the hair cells that are found in our inner ear. Hair cells are small sensory cells that convert the sounds we hear (sound energy) into electrical signals that travel to the brain. Once…
What is small, sleek and sophisticated?
Answer: A digital hearing aid of course! Today’s hearing instruments are not your father’s hearing aids! Gone are the antique ear trumpets of the early 19th century and the cumbersome transistor radio style devices worn on the body. Even the original, large, behind-the-ear hearing aids have experienced a dramatic reduction in size! Instead, contemporary users…
Meet Jason & Crystal
Jason isn’t your stereotypical patient Jason noticed it was harder to hear those talking around him. After some prodding from his wife, he went to an audiologist. He learned he had mild sloping to high frequency hearing loss. His audiologist suggested hearing aids. Immediately, he thought of the big, clunky ones he associated with "old…
May is National Better Hearing Month!
Hearing loss is the third most common health problems in the United States. Approximately 36 million Americans suffer from hearing loss. More than half are younger than age 65 – according to American Academy of Audiology. Untreated hearing loss can affect your ability to understand speech and can negatively impact your social and emotional well-being —…