How to Clean Your Hearing Aid Properly
Your hearing aids are built to last, but they’ll only have a long lifespan if you care for them properly. This involves a thorough daily cleaning. Below we provide an overview of how to clean your hearing aids. Cleaning Tools A cleaning kit can be purchased at PDX ENT or at Brooklyn Pharmacy. Tools include:…
Helpful Tips for Cleaning Earwax Out of Hearing Aids
Earwax has the important jobs of trapping dirt and bacteria as well as lubricating the ear canal to keep the skin from drying out. However, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. For hearing aid wearers, too much earwax can mean blockages in the hearing aid, leading to sound distortion and…
FAQ for New Hearing Aid Users
Getting your first pair of hearing aids can be an exciting and overwhelming experience. Below is a list of some of the most common questions new hearing aid users ask. How Do Hearing Aids Work? Hearing aids are complex electronic devices that work to amplify sounds so those with hearing loss can hear them. All…
How to Clean the Parts of Your Hearing Aid
Hearing aids come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Once you select the hearing aid that works best for your unique type and degree of hearing loss, it is important to keep the device working well. Below is a breakdown of the different parts of your hearing aids and how to clean them….
A Guide to Hearing Aid Maintenance
Your hearing aids are complex and expensive electronic devices that connect you with the hearing world. In order to keep them working their best, proper maintenance is key. You would never buy a new car only to refuse to ever change the oil, so why would you invest in your hearing health without a maintenance…
How to Care for Your Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are complex electronic devices with many hard-working and moving parts. Since they are your connection to the world around you, making sure they are working well is crucial. Below is a breakdown of how you should clean and care for your hearing aids. The Do’s of Hearing Aid Care Whether you are spending…
How to Properly Clean Your Hearing Aids
Your hearing aids are helpful tools that allow you to hear and communicate with the world around you. If you don’t take proper care of them, they won’t help you as much as they should, and they likely won’t have a long lifespan. Below is a guide for properly cleaning your hearing aids so you…
Hearing Aid Specialist In Portland Oregon
The Benefits of Having a Portland Hearing Specialist Early detection increases the odds of successful treatment for all types of hearing loss. In many cases, the only way to determine if your hearing is healthy is to visit a hearing loss specialist or audiologist for testing. Regular hearing exams can help your hearing loss specialist…
What Hearing Aid Style is Right for Me?
There are many things unique to Portland: food cart pods, “sun breaks,” and unicycle-riding bagpipe players dressed as space villains, to name a few. One thing not so different from the rest of the country: hearing loss. About 20 percent of the population in Oregon, and throughout the United States, suffers from impaired hearing. Nine…
The Importance of Hearing Aids
Are you one of the nearly 48 million people in Portland, Oregon or throughout the country with hearing loss? If so, are you one of the nearly 80 percent who choose not to use their hearing aid? I thought so. Do you mind if I ask why? (You can say the answer out loud. I…
