Hearing aid feedback is the whistling, squealing, or buzzing sound that happens when amplified sound escapes your ear and gets picked up again by the hearing aid microphone. This creates an acoustic...

Flying can be stressful — especially when you rely on hearing aids. As an audiologist with over a decade of experience, I’ve helped countless patients prepare for air travel. Whether you’re...

Are you getting your first pair of hearing aids? Whether you’ve just purchased them or are still exploring your options, it’s completely normal to have questions about what comes next. From how...

A hearing aid wax trap is a small filter that fits on the receiver port (speaker) of a hearing aid. Its job is to allow sound to pass through it but stop any ear wax, dust, or other debris from...

If you hear poorly in one ear and cannot benefit from amplification in that ear, your audiologist may recommend a CROS or BiCROS hearing aid. CROS stands for Contralateral Routing of Signals. In...

Functional hearing loss refers to a hearing test result that doesn’t correspond to any physical or medical cause. It’s also known as non‑organic hearing loss, erroneous hearing loss, or...