Read this before you buy With hearing aids now available over-the-counter from Walmart to Walgreens and even online in some states, these devices are meant to be used on older adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. These are sold ranging from very low entry...
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Understanding the Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline
Beginning around 2015, researchers began exploring the ways in which our brains respond to hearing loss and found that the brain reorganizes, which may be related to a link between age-related hearing loss and dementia. During a presentation held...
How We Hear
How We Measure Sound Intensity Humans can hear sounds over an incredible range of intensity. The difference between a 0 dB SPL sound (threshold of hearing) and a 130 dB SPL sound (painfully-loud) is 10,000,000,000,000. It isn’t practical to use such enormous...
Understanding High Pitch Hearing Loss
You Don’t Know What You’re Missing While You’re Missing It Ever wondered why people who have cataract surgery are so surprised at the brightness of colors and the crispness of images following corrective surgery? Because we see with our brains, not our eyes. The...
Understanding Research Methods For Better Hearing
Don’t Believe Everything You Read It seems every day I read about some new study proving that ‘Brand X is good for your heart’ or ‘Product Y slows down aging’. We’re taught that clinical research is scientific and therefore truthful; however, not all clinical...
Links Between Smoking and Hearing Loss
It's no secret that cigarette smoking is bad for your health and the health of those around you when you smoke. It's also costly, both for you financially and for society, due to the cost of caring for people with smoking-related diseases. And to add fuel to the fire,...
What Is An Audiologist?
The value of expertise Besides Audiology, one of my passions is photography. I actually had a small side business creating nature and fine-art photographic prints, and was represented in a local gallery. During an opening event I had someone come up to me and say...
Hearing Loops
From: The American Academy of Audiology A hearing loop provides enhanced functionality for hearing aids and cochlear implants. Even with the most up-to-date technology, hearing aids and cochlear implants cannot completely separate important sounds from background...
Latest Dalzells News
New Audiologist Dr. Kyrsten Stephany
A graduate of Wichita State University Audiology program, Dr. Stephany has been providing hearing diagnostics, hearing aid fittings, and counseling in private practice since 2015. She brings her experience serving newborns, children, and adults to our growing staff this fall. We are excited to welcome her to the team.