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Winnipeg Hearing Blog

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.

Hearing Loss Quote Helen Keller

Hearing Loss Quotes - Helen Keller

This quote is widely credited to Helen Keller, On researching it we found information posted by Tom Harrington, a Reference and Instruction Librarian, he was never able to trace it to an original source. He does say that Keller did express the same idea at least two other times using similar words. Either way,  internet creation or […]

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Fianceit For Fast Credit Approval

Easy Financing for Hearing Aid Purchases

Easy financing of your hearing aids purchase is now available at the Polo Park Hearing Centre. Secure online applications promise convenience and privacy during the process of applying for financing. Credit checks are instant and because Financeit works with multiple lending partners, Financeit has better approval rates than other lenders. The application process is also completed online

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Bill Clinton and Bill Austin of the Starkey Hearing Foundation.

Understatement of the Year

If our blog had an “Understatement  of the Year” award I would give it to Bill Austin, the man behind the Starkey Hearing Foundation. In this star packed video (Kevin Costner, Sir Richard Branson,  Miley Cyrus) President Bill Clinton reveals why this quote from Austin is so incredibly understated: “I want to chip in and do what I can

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Tinnitus treatment and causes

That Ringing In Your Ears Could Be Tinnitus

What Is Tinnitus? Tinnitus (“TIN-a-tus” “Tin-EYE-tus”) is a medical term used to describe a symptom that is depicted as the sensation of hearing sound when none is present. The sounds heard by someone suffering from tinnitus can vary from the common “ringing in the ears” to being described as: • Hissing like sounds • Buzzing • Sizzling • Whistling • Roaring

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