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What You Need to Know About Earwax
Everyone has earwax, also known as cerumen, and everyone needs it. It protects and lubricates your ear canal, stopping dust, water and anything else damaging from getting in. Without earwax, your ears, and hearing, would quickly become damaged.
Hearing 101: The Ultimate Guide To How Your Hearing Works
If you are experiencing hearing problems or any other problem with your ears, it is useful to have an idea of how your hearing works. We’ve put together a guide for you to help you understand this sensory organ better.
Taking A Look At The Best Hearing Aids On The Market For 2020
Hearing loss can make life much more challenging. Keeping up with conversations, following along with a movie or sports games, hearing the phone ring, or even enjoying the sounds of nature can all become daunting tasks when you're struggling with hearing loss. That's...
7 Tips For a Carefree Vacation With Hearing Aids
Holidays are meant to be fun and stress-free, but they also often take you to crowded, noisy tourist attractions that make your hearing aid essential, and the last thing you need is to be worried about your hearing aid or finding yourself struggling to use it in a new...
The 7 Most Common Hearing Loss Questions Answered
If you or a relative are experiencing hearing loss or worried about it, you probably have a lot of questions! Below we’ve answered seven of the most queries we get: 1. How Can I Tell If I Have a Hearing Problem? Hearing loss is rarely a sudden event – it’s more likely...
Top 5 Hearing Aid Brands for 2019
If you’re looking for a hearing aid, you might be wondering where to start. There are hundreds of brands out there, and many of them seem very similar. You should always carefully consider the recommendations of your hearing aid professional, and you can’t go wrong if...
What Is The Best Hearing Aid Brand?
There are a lot of hearing aid brands out there, but which is best for you? Well, it depends on your individual needs! There is no one best brand for every hearing need, and anyone who says there is, is probably on that company’s payroll. Instead, there are several...
Best Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Apps For Your Ears
Did you know one of your best tools for dealing with hearing loss and tinnitus is probably less than a metre away? Yep – it’s your smartphone. There are hundreds of apps that are designed to enhance hearing, provide additional capabilities, or deliver relief and many...
Hearing Cellphone Applications – Could They Help You Hear Better?
They might not know it, but most people now have technology in their pocket which can stand in for a hearing aid – their smartphones. Advances in phone technology mean that many people are now using their phone and apps on it to help them manage their hearing loss...
Are Online Hearing Tests Accurate?
Worried about your hearing? You might have seen that some websites are now offering online hearing tests to check whether you have any problems. Unfortunately, these hearing tests don’t work, and we cannot recommend them. Here’s why: How Do Online Hearing Tests Work?...
Effective Methods to Manage Tinnitus
In line with Tinnitus Awareness week, we prepare one of the best articles about Tinnitus which we believe will help so many people all over Western Australia and even all throughout the world. What is Tinnitus? Have you experienced hearing that constant ringing,...
Analog Hearing Aids vs Digital Hearing Aids
Until quite recently, all hearing aids were analog. Today you can find both analog and digital hearing aids on the market, although analog hearing aids are becoming less common due to the advantages digital technology can provide. Both analog and digital hearing aids...
Tinnitus – What It Is and How to Treat It
Tinnitus is a physical health condition where you experience ringing in the ears or other noises without any external sound being present. It is a symptom that describes a fault in the hearing system, rather than a disease in itself. Studies suggest that up to 18 per...
Understanding Hearing and Pitch
Human HearingThere is an upper and lower limit to the frequencies that animals can detect. These limits can vary significantly depending on the animal. The sound of a vacuum cleaner might not bother us, but it will send your dog running because of the painful...
Looking after Your Hearing at Concerts and Festivals
Hearing loss is experienced by one in every six Australians. Most cases result from repeated and lengthy exposure to loud noises which could’ve been prevented with ear protection. With daily use of headphones and festivals that go for days, the danger of hearing loss...
Why You Should Avoid Cheap Hearing Aids
Hearing loss is more complicated than many people think. Treating it is not as simple as purchasing a hearing aid over the counter or on the internet for a quick fix. Addressing hearing problems involves assessing the specific needs of each individual's unique...
Finding the right hearing aid for you
Choosing the right hearing aids is an extremely personal decision, and one that’s crucial to get right. Your hearing aid needs to be specially suited to your particular type and degree of hearing loss in order to function properly. On top of this, it needs to...
Industrial Deafness growing issue in Australia
Hearing loss is seen by many Australians as something that happens with age or from exposure to extreme volumes such as live concerts, gunshots or a jet taking off. What a lot of people don't think about is the damage that can be caused by common, everyday loud...
Hearing Loss Signs
“Can you say that again?” If this is something you find yourself saying over and over again throughout the day, it might be time to get your hearing tested.Aside from your friends and family having to repeat themselves, and your difficulty in following...
When Should I Get My Hearing Tested and How Often?
Hearing tests are an integral part of assessing, and subsequently diagnosing, hearing loss. They can help detect conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus relief, SSD, and a range of other conditions that affect hearing. If you don’t have your hearing tested...
