Patient Resources
Are iPhone Updates Ruining Your Listening Experience?
Since the most recent operating system update, iPhone users who pair their phones to their hearing aids are reporting difficulties in what used to be a seamless process of pairing. If you use that feature on your hearing aids, like many of my patients do, you know how...
How We’re Continuing to Keep You Safe Following the Announcement of New COVID-19 Measures Across Oregon.
With strict new measures in place due to outbreaks of COVID cases across Oregon, we’re taking thorough steps to keep you safe during these challenging times while continuing to deliver the highest levels of hearing care. If you have an appointment scheduled or...
Google’s Solution to Hearing Loss & How It Can Help You
Hearing loss can be detrimental because it's difficult to know what's going on around you. Many in the deaf community are concerned about missing critical information, especially when they're asleep. The good news is that there have been a number of technological...
Why Going to an Audiologist Makes the Most Sense for Ongoing Hearing Health Care
Independence and quality of life are among the devastating consequences of untreated hearing loss, which also contributes to several negative mental and physical health conditions. The effect impaired hearing has on individuals can be limited or eliminated through...
Over 50? You Could Have Undiagnosed Hearing Loss
If you or a loved one suspect age-related hearing loss, you're not alone. Despite being one of the most common ailments to the over-50 population, hearing loss is also one of the most frequently missed diagnoses. In a recently published study in JAMA Network Open, up...
Why Hearing Prevention Strategies Are Essential | Hearing Health Awareness Month
Throughout Hearing Health Awareness Month, the team is making every effort to spread awareness about why treatment is crucial during the early stages. But what about halting hearing loss altogether? Prevention strategies are now an essential part of modern life, but...
What Happens at A Hearing Assessment? | Hearing Health Awareness Month
During Hearing Health Awareness Month, the team is showing the La Grande community why regular hearing assessments are essential. Just like eye examinations, these provide crucial information that a specialist can use to track and manage any potential issues. Sadly,...
Why Do So Many People Have an Untreated Hearing Loss? | Hearing Health Awareness Month
During Hearing Health Awareness Month, the team wants to provide you with insights about the amazing treatments available today. But, importantly, you can only access these if you seek help from one of our specialists. Many people don’t act when their symptoms arise –...
Why People With A Hearing Loss Struggle With Face Masks
COVID-19 has forced the entire world to face challenges that we never thought we'd have to face in our lifetimes. To assist in halting the spread, many states across the country have made it mandatory to wear a face mask while out in public. While wearing a mask may...
Promising New Drug Under Investigation that Prevents Ototoxicity
Cancer in children is unimaginable, every parent's nightmare. Having to watch your child go through chemotherapy is terrible enough without then also having to watch your child suffer from a hearing loss as a result. Unfortunately, this is all too familiar for...