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Whether you’re exploring solutions for the first time or a long-time hearing aid user, our experts at Van Doorne Hearing Care are here to offer advice and resources to support your journey.

9 Mistakes Every New Hearing Aid Owner Makes

Congrats! You’ve just become the proud owner of hearing aids – a great piece of modern technology. But new hearing aid owners will wish somebody had told them certain things, just like with any new technology. Let’s assess how a new hearing aid user can eliminate the 9 most common hearing aid errors. 1. Not

Is My Tinnitus Inherited?

Are you experiencing ringing in your ears that’s driving you mad? Find out what causes tinnitus and whether you might have inherited it. Tinnitus, what exactly is it? Tinnitus is the name describing a person’s perception of a ringing, droning, or buzzing in the ear with no external stimulus present to explain this experience. The

10 Hearing Tips to Make You Feel Youthful

Feeling younger can be accomplished in numerous ways. But protecting your hearing is one way that is frequently overlooked. Diet and exercise have been publicized for years as a confirmed way to extend your lifespan while improving your quality of life. It also helps prevent heart disease, cancer, and promotes weight control. But remaining healthy

Safeguard Your Hearing During Noisy Summer Activities

Summertime has some activities that are just staples: Air shows, concerts, fireworks, state fairs, Nascar races, etc. As more of these activities go back to something like normal, the crowds, and the noise levels, are growing. And that can be a problem. Let’s face it: you’ve had ringing in your ears after attending a concert

What Hearing Loss Symptoms Are Red Flags?

Hearing loss is usually an aggravating condition that can be the result of various things. There are some situations where hearing loss is related to a more severe underlying health condition and isn’t merely the result of aging or an injury. Watch out for these hearing loss red flags There are varieties of red flags

Can Hearing Aids Lead to Headaches?

Everyone’s hearing loss condition is unique and hearing aids are manufactured to compensate for those individual conditions. If your hearing aids are giving you headaches or any other type of discomfort, whether you’ve been using them for years or you’re a new user, there’s a solution. If your hearing aid is properly adjusted it will

This is Why Hearing Aid Batteries Drain so Fast

Does it seem as if your hearing aid batteries drain way too fast? Here are some unexpected reasons that might happen. How long should hearing aid batteries last? From 3 to 7 days is the typical time-frame for charge to last. That range is fairly wide. So wide, in fact, that it’s unpredictable and leaves

These 6 Behaviors Suggest You’re Dealing With Hearing Loss

You want to be polite when you are talking to friends. At work, you want to look engaged, even enthralled with what your supervisor/peers/clients are saying. You frequently find yourself asking family to repeat themselves because it was less difficult to tune out parts of the conversation that you weren’t able to hear very well.

My Hearing Sounds Muffled?

You’ve been looking forward to this all week: a Zoom call with your son and daughter-in-law. You’ll be able to catch up, check-in, and, have a laugh. But when the call starts, you are mortified to realize, you can’t hear what your family members are saying. You’re wearing your hearing aids but things still sound

What’s Causing the Crackling Noise in my Ear?

Crackling in your ear? A condition called tinnitus can cause you to hear crackling, buzzing, whooshing, or other sounds in your ears. Here’s some info. Do you hear phantom sounds such as thumping, ringing, or buzzing in your ears? If this is happening with hearing aids, it may mean you need to come in and

Can Brain Atrophy be Related to Hearing Loss?

As we age we start to have trouble hearing clearly and we normally just accept it as a normal part of aging. Maybe we need to ask people to speak up or repeat themselves when they talk. Perhaps the volume on our TV keeps going up. We may even discover that we’re becoming forgetful. Loss

Preparing for Your Hearing Exam – 7 Tips

You totally forgot your hearing test tomorrow, but that’s not very surprising, you’re really busy. Fortunately, you just got that reminder text from us, and you still have some time to prepare. So how should I get ready? Hearing tests aren’t like back in college or high school where you’d have to pull an all-nighter