Patient Resources
What Happens at A Hearing Assessment?
Throughout Hearing Health Awareness Month, the Alabama Hearing Associates team has been demonstrating why it’s important to get regular hearing assessments. But the question on many people’s lips is, “Just what happens...
Hearing the Call: Rocket City
The Story Behind Hearing The Call Rocket City In January 2020, Alabama Hearing Associates joined Entheos Audiology Cooperative, a group of audiologists around the country who provide high-quality hearing healthcare to...
Do I Need A Hearing Test?
Hearing loss has a tendency to creep up on you. Most people are unaware that they have any kind of problem until they have an advanced condition or a loved one insists on a hearing test. Early detection of hearing loss...
Over The Counter Hearing Aids – Are They Worth It?
Update: since this article was written, Bose announced that it would be closing their health division and cease sales of their SoundControl™ devices following an independent review that determined that “Bose should no...
What Are Locked Hearing Aids?
What are locked hearing aids? Locked hearing aids are essentially store-brand versions of name-brand hearing aids. While that may not sound like a bad thing, as store brands are often the same thing at a less...
‘Best Practices’ Guidelines
How do I know my hearing aids are fit correctly? In 2006, the American Academy of Audiology published “Guidelines for the Audiologic Management of Adult Hearing Impairment.” These guidelines were intended to provide a...
Prescription Hearing Aids vs. Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
For the next few weeks, we’re presenting a series of articles about the highly publicized and anticipated over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. Opinions from the audiology community may vary, with some opposed and...
Audiologist vs. Hearing Aid Dispenser: Understanding the Difference
Audiologist vs. Hearing Aid Dispenser - do you know the difference between the two? Imagine the cringe factor associated with taking your Rolls Royce or Ferrari to some cheap garage behind a warehouse in a seedy part...
Are Hearing Aids Covered by Insurance?
Hearing aids can greatly enhance your quality of living and independence. Unfortunately, many individuals who have a hearing loss shy away from treatment for a variety of reasons. Among those, I often encounter have to...
Hearing Aid Adoption
What is hearing aid adoption? We want to make sure that everyone hears their best, whether they purchased their hearing aids at our clinic or elsewhere. If you've recently moved to town and you're happy with your...
Diabetes And Ear Health
November is National Diabetes Month, because of this, I wanted to highlight the relationship between diabetes and ear health (hearing and balance). While hearing loss can happen for many reasons, having diabetes and...
How to Adjust to New Hearing Aids With Ease
Educating new hearing aid users is a big part of what I do as a Doctor of Audiology at Alabama Hearing Associates. In this blog post, I'll share with you some tips on how to adjust to new hearing aids. New users...
Hearing Aid Repair: Drop Off & Recovery
Hearing aids are essential devices for people with hearing loss. However, these devices are delicate and can require regular maintenance or repair. When your hearing aid is not functioning correctly, it can be...
Protect Your Hearing Month
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, so our blog post this month will highlight hearing protection! Let's face it. We live in a noisy world. Did you know that after age-related hearing loss (presbycusis),...
What Is Electroacoustic Analysis? (EAA)
What is electroacoustic analysis? Over the past year, the hearing instrument test box has quickly become one of my most-used pieces of equipment. Electroacoustic analysis (EAA) is a relatively quick test, and it...