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Join Preferred Hearing Care’s 3 Day Event

Nancy Sideri — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:35:04 +0000

Join Preferred Hearing Care’s 3 Day Event

3 Days Only!

Tuesday – Thursday ~ May 1, 2 & 3

Preferred Hearing Care
5 E. Main Street, Suite 1
Merrimac, MA 01860

Wanted:

We need 31 people with difficulty hearing, especially in noisy situations, to evaluate the latest in digital technology, Wi Series by Starkey. We will perform thorough Hearing Consultations FREE of charge to ALL callers. We will then choose 31 qualified candidates for this program. Please call 888-577-2961 immediately to schedule your evaluation to determine if you are a candidate for this program.

Reward:

Candidates selected will receive tremendous savings, due to their participation. If your evaluation shows hearing improvement with the new instruments, you may choose to retain them and receive up the $1500 OFF a pair of hearing instruments and you will receive FREE In-Office Maintenance for the life of the hearing instruments. Participants who complete the 30 day Hearing Aid Trial Period will receive $50.00 Gas Card as a token of our appreciation.

Come meet Nationally Known Hearing Aid Expert and Starkey Trained Specialist Mary McAndrew.

What Type of Hearing Loss Do I Have

Nancy Sideri — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:22:08 +0000

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Conductive

• If your hearing loss is conductive in nature, there is some damage or issue in your outer or middle ear. This means that the issue lies in the visible portion of your ear, outer ear canal, ear drum, the space just behind your ear drum, or a combination of these locations.
• Loudness will be an issue for persons with this kind of loss. Sounds may appear muffled or softer than typical. They may complain that their ears feel stopped up or plugged.
Sensorineural
• If your hearing loss is sensorineural in nature, there is some damage or issue in your inner ear, hearing nerve, or a combination of the two.
• Understanding will be an issue for persons with this kind of loss. They may complain that everyone else mumbles, no one speaks clearly, or that everyone talks too fast. They may note that they “hear”, but just don’t understand what you said.
Mixed
• Mixed hearing loss implies a combination of both conductive and sensorineural components with damage occurring in both the outer/middle ear and the inner ear/hearing nerve.
• Both loudness and understanding will be an issue for persons with this kind of loss. They may experience a combination of symptoms of the other two previous categories.

What Type of Hearing Loss Do I Have? Hearing Loss Types

Nancy Sideri — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:12:24 +0000

You may have heard your hearing healthcare provider talk about the hearing loss type you have. Your type of hearing loss will depend on where the origin of your hearing impairment occurs in your ear.

There are three main types of loss:

Conductive

Sensorineural

• If your hearing loss is sensorineural in nature, there is some damage or issue in your inner ear, hearing nerve, or a combination of the two.
• Understanding will be an issue for persons with this kind of loss. They may complain that everyone else mumbles, no one speaks clearly, or that everyone talks too fast. They may note that they “hear”, but just don’t understand what you said.

Mixed

• Mixed hearing loss implies a combination of both conductive and sensorineural components with damage occurring in both the outer/middle ear and the inner ear/hearing nerve.
• Both loudness and understanding will be an issue for persons with this kind of loss. They may experience a combination of symptoms of the other two previous categories.

There are other categories for loss, including functional and central. Functional loss implies that there is normal hearing, and the apparent loss is due to a psychological issue (emotional, psychosocial, etc.). Central hearing losses are not typical hearing loss, but rather an issue with the processing of sound. Similar hearing symptoms may occur, but the issue is not related to any peripheral hearing disorder. Ask your hearing healthcare professional to thoroughly explain your hearing loss type, so that you may better understand your hearing!

Preferred Hearing Care Promotes American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day®

Nancy Sideri — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:09:12 +0000

February 1, 2012— Preferred Hearing Care is joining the Better Hearing Institute in promoting American Heart Month in February and National Wear Red Day® on February 3, 2012. Preferred Hearing Care will be raising awareness of the threat that heart disease poses and of the connection between cardiovascular health and hearing health.

As part of its outreach efforts, Preferred Hearing Care is urging people with heart disease to get their hearing checked. A free, quick, and confidential online hearing check at Preferred Hearing Care can help people determine if they need a comprehensive, objective hearing test by a hearing health professional. To raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their #1 health threat, Preferred Hearing Care will host Wear Red and Hear Your Heart Day.

When: Friday, February 3 2012

Time: 11:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m.

Where: 5 East Main St., Merrimac, MA.

The event will provide free hearing screening and heart healthy tips for all. Women who wear red will receive a Special Gift. Heart Healthy Refreshments will be served. “Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the United States,” says Nancy Sideri, Hearing Specialist and Owner of Preferred Hearing Care. “At Preferred Hearing Care, we want to help raise awareness of the serious threat it poses to each of us personally and to inform people of the connection between heart health and hearing health. We urge women and men alike to know their risks and to take action today to protect their heart—and hearing—health.”

The inner ear is extremely sensitive to blood flow. Studies have shown that a healthy cardiovascular system—a person’s heart, arteries, and veins—has a positive effect on hearing. Conversely, inadequate blood flow and trauma to the blood vessels of the inner ear can contribute to hearing loss.

On National Wear Red Day®, the first Friday of each February, Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness. Preferred Hearing Care’s activities are in partnership with The Heart Truth®, a national awareness campaign warning women about their risk of heart disease. The campaign is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) and other organizations committed to the health and well-being of women.

“Our participation in American Heart Month and National Wear Read Day® enables the hearing health community to make an important contribution to saving millions of lives,” says Dr. Sergei Kochkin, Executive Director of the Better Hearing Institute. “This is an opportunity to highlight the connection that heart health has on hearing health and to empower people with that knowledge. People with heart disease should not have to contend with the additional toll that unaddressed hearing loss takes on their quality of life.”

Some Things to Know About Heart Disease According to the American Heart Association , heart disease is our nation’s #1 killer. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one. But there is good news: There are things people can do to protect the health of their heart and reduce their risks—including adopting new habits, such as not smoking, following a heart healthy eating plan, maintaining a healthy weight, and becoming more physically active.

According to the NHLBI, family history of early heart disease and age are two key risk factors for heart disease. Controllable risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, and diabetes.The NHLBI says that the main warning signs for women and men are: Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain.

The discomfort may be mild or severe, and it may come and go. Discomfort in other areas of the upper body, including pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach. Shortness of breath, which often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort. Other symptoms may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness.

About Hearing Loss: Numerous studies have linked untreated hearing loss to a wide range of physical and emotional conditions, including impaired memory and ability to learn new tasks, reduced alertness, increased risk to personal safety, irritability, negativism, anger, fatigue, tension, stress, depression, and diminished psychological and overall health. But eight out of ten hearing aid users report improvements in their quality of life.

For more information about women and heart disease, including materials such as The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women and fact sheets about women and heart disease, please visit Heart Truth or call the NHLBI Health Information Center at 888-577-2961.

BHI Publishes “Your Guide to Tinnitus” for Consumers

Nancy Sideri — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:16 +0000

We are pleased to announce the publication of our 7th eGuide for consumers "Your Guide to Tinnitus". authored by Dr. Richard Tyler one of the imminent authorities in the U.S. on this topic. According to our latest MarkeTrak publications there are 30 million people with persistent tinnitus in the United States; and at least 13 million of them are not even aware that they have hearing loss.

Tinnitus is one of the most searched health terms on the Internet and we are sure that this informative 14 page publication will help guide people suffering from tinnitus to seek professional help. The guide covers the following topics: Definition of tinnitus, classification of tinnitus, impact of tinnitus, treatment efficacy including our recent findings on the mitigating impact of hearing aids on tinnitus, and helpful hints for managing tinnitus; but more importantly it offers hope to people suffering from tinnitus.

Request your FREE Copy at: www.preferredhearingcare.com/contact

Richard Tyler, PhD is professor in both the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and editor of three books on tinnitus, including The Consumer Handbook on Tinnitus (Auricle Ink Publishers).

Solution for High-Frequency Hearing Loss

Nancy Sideri — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:46 +0000

Preferred Hearing Care Introduces the Industry's Smartest Solution for High-Frequency Hearing Loss

There’s never been a better way to restore high-frequency sounds than Spectral iQ from Starkey Laboratories. Unlike competing technologies that apply frequency compression broadly, Spectral iQ is designed to enhance real-time audibility by intelligently identifying high-frequency speech cues – then replicating them in lower frequencies.

Available in all Wi Series™ and X Series™. Spectral iQ:

Does not limit high-frequency bandwidth like competing technologies
Maintains the industry’s broadest bandwidth while restoring high-frequency speech audibility for patients that may have previously been considered unaidable
Is better able to identify speech sounds with high-frequency components such as “s” while not affecting other already audible speech sounds

Compare Spectral iQ to the competition at www.SpectraliQ.com or by scanning the QR code — and hear for yourself how much better it sounds.

For a no cost or obligation Demonstration to experience Spectral iQ, contact Preferred Hearing Care at 866-330-4327.

Hearing Aid Batteries | Boston MA

Nancy Sideri — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:05:56 +0000

Hearing Aid Batteries

The modern hearing aid has certainly done a great deal in helping those with hearing loss to gain a much better quality of life. They can now hear things which they would otherwise have difficulty doing and are able to participate in different activities which would have been a problem earlier. The typical hearing aid is an amazing device but one thing which has helped to make this so is the hearing aid battery. Let's discuss a little more about them.

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Digital Hearing Aids – Helpful Information

Nancy Sideri — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:05:53 +0000

Digital Hearing Aids

Hearing Aids have come a long way since their early development. Different technologies and manufacturing techniques have enabled these devices to get smaller and offer superior features. One such innovation has been the development of digital hearing aids. We’ll discuss these types and provide some helpful information.

The first digital hearing aids were introduced in 1987. At the time they used DSP (digital signal processors) to convert an analog sound signal into a digital counterpart. While the technology was revolutionary at the time, the size and cost of the devices were high and they caused a large drain on the battery. So this was abandoned for some time.

However recent advances in digital technology has enabled the introduction of many important digital hearing aids. So what are some of the key benefits of digital hearing aids?

The first thing is that it has the ability to amplify sounds which are of interest while keeping the overall sound to a comfortable level. It’s no longer an all or nothing type of situation.

These devices are also very good at discerning what is conversation and what is background noise. So a conversation can be held in a noisy environment . This was often very difficult with the traditional types of analog hearing aids.

Digital speech enhancement is an effective way to provide more natural sounds from speech and allow listening to speech more enjoyable.

There are a number of other important features of these devices as well. This technology allows for a great deal of customization and sound enhancement so the features will continue to evolve and be improved upon.

Hearing Aid Battery

Nancy Sideri — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:05:09 +0000

Hearing Aid Battery

The typical hearing battery is required to be ultra compact and have the ability to provide power to the hearing aid for a long period of time. A common type of modern hearing aid battery is the zinc air type. It can be produced in a very small size and is able to provide 5 to 7 days of continuous operation.

The battery doesn’t need to be charged. It is dormant when purchased but then becomes activated and ready to use when a tab is pulled on the battery. At that point it is ready to do its job and power the hearing aid.

Zince air type batteries do not gradually drain down. They either work pretty much completely or they don’t work at all. While this can be difficult sometimes in that your hearing aid may simply stop functioning since the battery is dead, at least there isn’t a deterioration or intermittent operation problem.

A hearing aid battery can also be obtained in a number of different types and sizes. Your hearing aid manufacturer will indicate the specific battery model necessary for that device. They can be purchased in packages of 24, 30, or even batteries so you don’t have to worry about running out.

Starkey Hearing Foundation & Nancy Sideri

Nancy Sideri — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:05:42 +0000

Starkey Hearing Foundation

Starkey Hearing Foundation and Preferred Hearing Care on a mission. So the world may hear.

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