A new study of 46,000 households by the Better Hearing Institute has found that there are nearly twice as many tinnitus sufferers in the U.S. than previously believed—close to thirty million Americans. And for many of these patients, hearing aids significantly helped them with their tinnitus. If you or a loved one is afflicted with [...]
By Cheryl Tanita, M.S., Au.D. Shohet Ear Associates is the first practice in Orange County to offer the SoundBite™ Hearing System, an innovative approach to treating patients with single-sided deafness. SoundBite is the world’s first removable and non-surgical hearing solution to use the well-established principle of bone conduction to imperceptibly transmit sound via the teeth [...]
The staff at Shohet Ear Associates takes its dedication to hearing and ear health very seriously. And because of that simple fact, our physicians and audiologists have been taking our knowledge and educational materials out in the community at a variety of venues. Starting last August, we began visiting local employers as part of the [...]
A new study suggests that men who take Viagra or similar type drugs could be at an increased risk for long-term hearing loss.
NPR’s health blog, Shots, recently posted an interesting article entitled “How Music May Help Ward Off Hearing Loss As We Age.” It recounts the results of a study conducted by Nina Kraus, director of the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University. To quote the article: "If you spend a lot of your life interacting with [...]
If you are a parent and needed another reason to quit smoking, here it is: A new study links second hand smoke, or SHS, to a reduction in teens' ability to hear both high and low frequencies.
Selecting the right device to help with hearing loss can be a complicated process. We created our online Hearing Device Selector to help you decide which type and style of device might be right for you. Our Hearing Device Selector was developed by the Shohet Ear Associates team to help you narrow your search on your own time, in the privacy of your home, without visiting multiple websites.
With all the discussion on health care reform, you may have heard references to something called an “electronic medical record,” or EMR.These basically function as a digital patient chart, and here are many advantages to EMRs...
By Joni Doherty, MD, PhD The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) was established to improve the lives of those people with communication difficulties. NIDCD is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Established in 1988, NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research [...]
According to research just published in the Journal of Laryngology and Otology, driving in a convertible with the top down may damage your hearing.