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A Father’s Day that’s Celebrated Every Day of the Year

House neurotologist Dr. William Slattery, MD and his family have a reason to celebrate this father’s day and every day of the year thanks to the cochlear implant. After decades of isolation due to hearing loss even the most powerful hearing aids could not help, an implant was able to bring new connections and a…

Making the Most Out of Your Hearing Aids

Hearing Aids

After you have had a complete audiological evaluation, are fit with the right hearing devices, and your devices have been personalized for your needs, it is important to know what accessories are available to you. Hearing aid accessories can help optimize the performance of the devices and even make them more convenient to use. Battery…

Hearing Aids vs. Amplifiers: What’s the Difference?

Better Hearing, Hearing Aids

Today, there are numerous advertisements in magazines and on television for products that will enhance your hearing. Although many of these devices may look like hearing aids, they typically are not. These devices are called “amplifiers” or “personal sound amplification products (PSAPs)”. Although PSAPs have been around for many years, new age marketing techniques have…

The Tinnitus and Stress Loop: Why Ringing in Your Ears Gets Worse Under Pressure

Hearing Loss

If you live with tinnitus (the perception of ringing, buzzing, or humming with no external source), you have likely noticed that the sound seems much louder on difficult, high-pressure days. This is not your imagination. There is a verified biological link between your emotional state and how your ears process sound. Tinnitus and stress share…

Better Hearing and Speech Month

Better Hearing

May was designated as the Better Hearing and Speech Month by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 1927. The goals of Better Hearing and Speech month is to bring awareness to hearing and speech deficits, educate the population on how these issues effect the community, and empower individuals to take action if they suspect they…

Why Do Masks Make Hearing So Difficult?

Better Hearing, FAQs

One of the biggest changes that has occurred due to COVID -19 has been the need to wear a mask when in public. The positive side to wearing a mask is the proven decrease in transmission of COVID-19. The downside? The inability to read lips and watch the facial expressions of those around us. Many…

New Hearing Aid Technology for Severe Hearing Loss

Better Hearing, Hearing Aids

One of the industries leading hearing aid manufacturers, Phonak, has released their newest product for patients with severe to profound hearing loss that enables users to experiences a unique sound quality as well as the perks of new technology. The Naida Paradise is designed to enhance soft speech as well as reduce background noise, making…

Presidential Hearing Aids

Better Hearing, Hearing Aids

Did you that Ronald Reagan was the first President to wear hearing aids while he was in office? He was 72 years old and was fit with a device that was considered “barely visible”. According to the famous article from the New York Times in September of 1983, President Reagan started losing his hearing after…

What To Do If Your Hearing Aids Get Wet

Hearing Aids

As things start warming back up in Jacksonville, it is likely that you will be heading to the beach or pool (or may get caught in bad rainstorms!). Whether you are new to hearing aids or have worn them for years, one thing almost all hearing aid wearers should know is that these highly advanced…

3 Reasons Why Your Hearing Aids are Whistling

Better Hearing, Hearing Aids

If you wear hearing aids, you’re going to experience whistling, or feedback, at some point in the life of the device. Here we will discuss some common causes of feedback and what you can do about it. How does hearing aid feedback occur? Hearing aid feedback occurs when sound that was supposed to go into…

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

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10475 Centurion Parkway N, Ste 303 Jacksonville, FL 32256

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