The Winnipeg Hearing Blog is Polo Park Hearing Centre’s blog on everything to do with human hearing, hearing protection, hearing loss and general interest posts about everything from weird facts to how human hearing works. We run some regular themed blogs posts such as How Loud It It that features local venues with a sound profile worth knowing about.
Candice and Rita added to their knowledge of treating tinnitus by completing a course provided by Widex on the “Zen Therapy” products. Widex is currently considered to be a leader in the treatment of tinnitus. Tinnitus is often describe as phantom sounds that only the sufferer can hear – a ringing, buzzing, whirring, or even […]
https://www.facebook.com/StarkeyHearingCanada/videos/474047433255315/ Maintaining your hearing aids through daily cleaning and regular service is important for a number of reasons. Proper care ensures top performance, ensures a long service life, and guarantees proper hygiene. TIP: be careful not to drop your hearing aids on a hard surface. Always work over a soft surface such as a towel
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Hearing Aid manufacturer Starkey has made an announcement that their Livio line of hearing aids will be offering direct audio streaming of phone calls and media for Android phones. This opens up a whole new range of functionality to all existing Livio and Via AI models. Starkey and Audibel hearing aids are the only ones
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We regularly get asked if there is a cure for ringing in the ears, also known as “tinnitus”. While there are treatments that can manage tinnitus and provide relief, there is unfortunately no outright cure. Untreated, tinnitus almost always gets worse and can affect every aspect of a person’s life from sleeping to work. Imagine
A recent StatsCan report revealed 8.2 million people aged 40 to 79, has at least mild hearing loss in one ear. That number represents 54% of the age group measured by the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) for the period from 2012 to 2015. While that number is quite significant, it’s not the shocking part
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Matthew Hench’s satirical video takes aim at some of the stereotypical comments he hears from people about his hearing aids. We recommend checking out he part where he says “I don’t think I need glasses”. Ultimately though he sums it all up with this quote: If you have bad eyes you get glassess. If you
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