Patient Resources
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...
Does Hearing Loss Increase the Risk of Falls?
October is National Audiology Awareness Month! Almost everyone knows that audiologists treat hearing loss, but did you know that we also can diagnose and treat balance disorders too? In this blog, we're going to talk...
Real World Adjustments – Brain and Hearing Aid
At the end of every hearing aid orientation, I remind the patient, "your hearing loss didn't occur overnight, so it will take some time to adjust to the hearing aids. Your patience and persistence will be well worth...
What is the Redux Hearing Aid Drying System?
This morning a patient dropped off a dead hearing aid that we were able to completely fix with our Redux hearing aid drying system. It’s truly a marvel and prompted me to ensure that all of you know about one of our...
What Is The Redux System?
Did you know that your ear canal is as humid as the Amazon Rainforest? Hearing aids are built to be worn 10+ hours a day, 7 days a week, in varying levels of humidity and heat—for years! When I think about everything a...
Did You Know We Screen Cognition as Part of Our Functional Hearing Assessment?
While your ears collect sound, your brain is what interprets it into meaningful speech. In other words, you hear with your ears but you listen with your brain. This is the primary concept behind a functional hearing...
What Is Real Ear Measurement?
Real ear measurement (REM) is how an audiologist knows that hearing aids are working the way they should in each patient's ears. Ears are as unique as a fingerprint. Because of this, every ear will collect sounds...
Our Continued Care & Coverage Plan
Hearing aids are not a quick fix, and better hearing is truly a journey. Once you step out of our clinic, you are responsible for your hearing aids. It's just like purchasing any other device; you need to take care of...
What to Expect at Your Next Annual Appointment
What happens at an Annual Hearing Aid Check? While almost all our patients come twice yearly for routine appointments to maintain optimal performance of their hearing aids, the bare minimum is one annual appointment....
What Are The Key Differences Between “Prescription Hearing Aids” and “Over-the-counter” Hearing Aids and How Do I Know Which One is Right for Me?
All hearing aids come in various shapes, sizes, and colors. What they look like has nothing to do with how they sound, their intended user, or their cost. Some companies like GN ReSound and Starkey manufacture and...
Covid 19 Announcement: Holiday Covid Update
Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner, and it’s time for a new Covid 19 update from Alabama Hearing Associates. We are grateful for the decline in hospitalizations and severe cases in North Alabama,...
Summer Covid-19 Update
Summer is heating up and it's time for a new Covid 19 update from Alabama Hearing Associates. Over the past year, we’ve lost patients, friends and family members to Covid. Like millions of others around the world,...