New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg has become the latest advocate for hearing-loss prevention. Specifically, he's aiming to help teenagers and young adults understand just how badly ear buds can damage their hearing. With a $250,000 grant from the city's Fund for Public Health, the Hearing Loss Prevention Media Campaign will conduct ...

All coursework is finished! The remainder of my research paper is all that remains. We took the opportunity this weekend to make the trip to Fayetteville, AR, and look for a place to live for at least the next year. The town is roughly 35 minutes away from my fourth-year site, depending on which neighborhood you commute from. For that reason, my ...

It has been over two weeks since the onset of my sinus infection and still no sign of improvement. In fact, my thresholds have worsened, showing a unilateral mild-moderate conductive hearing loss in my right ear. Tympanometry yielded similar results from last Friday. The feelings of aural fullness and annoyance from tinnitus have both increased as ...

As I mentioned in my prior entry, I have been dealing with a sinus infection for the past few weeks. I finally caved and saw a physician, who gave the diagnosis of bronchitis. Not a big deal, just a complete nuisance. In the context of this blog, I have also had some hearing loss. It is not uncommon for someone with a head cold or infection to ...

It's official. I have a high-frequency hearing loss. According to an online hearing test, that is. My highest threshold to date measured in the sound booth is a whopping 5 dB, which certainly indicates normal hearing sensitivity. Perhaps it is not my place yet to speak on this topic as a student, but I have a hard time believing that a movement ...

We are headed into what I like to refer to as the home stretch of the semester. Accordingly, I always create a Word document around this time frame called Home Stretch, which includes an all-encompassing to-do schedule. More often that not, it ends up longer than most of the papers I write for class. I suppose this is my best attempt at ...

I have officially started my new practicum placement at the VA hospital in North Little Rock. This placement also doubles as my assistantship, allowing for hourly pay and, more importantly, more practicum hours. In any given week, I may log 16-20 hours of practicum, which is solid for a third-year student. I was told that I would get more ...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) issued a news release this week stressing the importance of consumers seeing a hearing health practitioner before purchasing hearing aids. Noting the increasing availability of options for purchasing hearing aids online, the state agency cautioned that hearing aids are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

The Better Hearing Institute issued a news release this week warning consumers of the inherent risks associated with purchasing over-the-counter, one-size-fits-all hearing aids instead of consulting a hearing healthcare professional. BHI supports this claim by stating that hearing loss is sometimes a symptom of a serious underlying medical ...

Earlier this week we launched our newest specialty site, specifically focused on the products and services that help you to provide excellent patient care and operate a profitable practice. As one might expect, we're calling it the Hearing Practice Management Products & Services Resource Center. At the top of the Products & Services site ...