Hearing and Balance Through the Decades
How hearing and balance change with age: learn what to expect in your 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond—and when to seek expert care.
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It’s Audiology Awareness Month!
This is a perfect time to raise awareness about the importance of hearing health and the role audiologists play in helping individuals maintain and improve their well-being. Hearing loss can affect anyone, regardless of age and it can greatly impact your quality of life. Audiologists are highly trained professionals who provide a range of services,…
How Ringing in the Ears and Vertigo are Related
Tinnitus means hearing sounds that are not coming from outside your body, while vertigo is the feeling that you or your surroundings are spinning when you are actually still. These symptoms often start in the inner ear, where the hearing and balance organs are located close together and share fluid and nerve connections. Because of…
Bone Conduction Hearing Devices: An Alternative When Hearing Aids Aren’t the Answer
Traditional hearing aids send amplified sound through the ear canal and middle ear. When that pathway is blocked or damaged, a bone conduction device may be a better option. How It Works Your inner ear can detect sound through vibrations in the skull, not just through the ear canal. Bone conduction devices convert sound into…
7 Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore (Ear Pain, Muffled Hearing & More)
When an unexpected symptom occurs inside your ear, it can be deeply unsettling. Whether it is an unexpected throb of physical discomfort or a sudden realization that the world sounds distant, changes in your auditory system frequently trigger anxiety. Because your ears are intricate, highly sensitive organs, acute symptoms are rarely something you should simply…
Join us for Demo Day!
At Jacksonville Hearing & Balance Institute, we believe everyone deserves clear, comfortable hearing. On September 21, 2026, we are excited to host a special Demo Day with Phonak to introduce their newest line of advanced hearing technology. This event offers a hands-on opportunity to test Phonak’s current and newly expanded line, including their updated Spheric…
The Best Hearing Aids: What’s New in Hearing Aid Technology
If you are researching the best hearing aids, you are entering the market at an exciting time. The days of bulky, whistle-prone amplifiers that simply turn up the volume on everything are long gone. Today’s hearing aids are sophisticated, micro-computing devices that use artificial intelligence, seamless wireless connectivity, and sleek ergonomic engineering to keep you…
More to know about Roger technology!
Our previous blog post discussed Roger technology and how it can help Phonak hearing aid uses understand speech in challenging environments better than just using hearing aids alone. But what exactly are these challenging environments? Below are some specific examples where our patients have used their Roger On devices to enhance their listening experience: ·…
What is Roger Technology?
Understanding speech can be difficult for anyone when the person speaking is at a distance or when in background noise, but this becomes even more difficult when the listener has hearing loss. Hearing aids help patients hear what they are missing naturally due to their hearing loss but they can only process the signal they…
How You Can Help Our Hearing Help for Africa Mission Trip
It is that time again and we are preparing to head back to Africa! What is Hearing Help for Africa? Hearing Help for Africa is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing high quality ear-related medical services to the people of Joss, Nigeria. The organization was founded in 2010 by our very own Dr. Douglas…
Walk-In Repair Clinic
If you are experiencing problems with your hearing aid Walk-In clinic is available on Tue from 10am -11:30am and Thurs from 1pm – 2:30pm. No appointment necessary. To make an appointment call the Hearing Center at (904) 399-0350
