Hear In Private Practice

The human ear comes in many different shapes and sizes, some of them highly problematic when you’re trying to fit hearing aids on them. Because patients cannot see deep inside their ears, they are unaware if their ears have some peculiarity. As a result, they are not sympathetic with the inherent problem facing the audiologist who is trying to help

By Marshall Chasin, AuD This post was originally published in the February 2014 issue of The Hearing Review and appears here with the permission of that publication. Modern hearing aid technology has the capability to be responsive to varying levels of inputs.  A hearing aid will generate significant amplification for soft level inputs, less amplification for medium level inputs, and

Humans are funny creatures. We have a great capacity for logical thought and reasoning, but much of the time we fall back on our primeval emotions: caution, fear, and anxiety. It is easy for us to “think” about something that is good for us – an exercise or diet plan comes to mind, but it is often difficult for us

A few years ago audiologists spent a lot of time arguing about which real-ear target was best. Now, we don’t usually discuss targets any more, as most of us rely on the manufacturer’s software to give us an estimate of the sound produced by the hearing aid. (We recognize that this is a mistake, but we do it anyway.) We

By Dr. Toby Bateson The following is the third and final part of a series on earplugs, written by guest contributor  Toby Bateson, MD. Dr. Bateson is an Emergency Room Doctor in the UK as well as being the Managing Director of ZenPlugs Ltd.  He is the inventor of the ZenPlugs Molded Earplug System and Hammer Technologies AutoMat Rat Repellent

  Back with the second part in his three-part series on Earplugs is a guest blogger, Toby Bateson, MD.   Dr. Bateson  is an Emergency Room Doctor in the UK as well as being the Managing Director of ZenPlugs Ltd.  He is the inventor of the ZenPlugs Molded Earplug System and Hammer Technologies AutoMat Rat Repellent For Cars.  His home is in Cornwall,

  We will have a guest blogger for the next few posts.  Toby Bateson, MD, is an Emergency Room Doctor in the UK as well as being the Managing Director of ZenPlugs Ltd.  Dr. Bateson is also the inventor of the ZenPlugs Molded Earplug System and Hammer Technologies AutoMat Rat Repellent For Cars.  He lives in Cornwall, UK, with his

Everyone who works with hearing aids or wears a hearing aid is familiar with feedback. It’s that nasty screech you get when you put your hand up to your ear or when a friend gives you a warm hug. Hearing aid practitioners spend a lot of time dealing with feedback. Today, I want to discuss the “seeds” of feedback, a

By Marshall Chasin, AuD This post was featured in the January issue of the Hearing Review. Way back in the mid-1950s, (and it was a dark and stormy night), two researchers- we will call them Miller and Licklider (actually those are their real names), had a request from Bell Labs to define the best frequency response for their telephones.  They

When I’m talking with my patients, I like to compare eyeglasses and hearing aids. They are familiar with bifocals and understand how they work for different viewing situations: the upper lens is for distance, the lower lens for close-up work. Similarly, hearing aids have multiple programs that are adjusted for specific listening situations. The first program, often called the default