New Legislation Introduced in the Senate Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have introduced S.905, the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. The legislation provides a tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid, once every five years for any individual who purchases a hearing aid Please write your member of Congress […]
How Oticon's ConnectLine Microphone has changed my life. Ok I have had a lot of time with this small microphone that Oticon released recently and here are my thoughts: WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? Seriously, it is the most wonderful product I have seen in a long time…maybe ever, for helping those “companions” of those […]
Holland, MI — Holland Free Health Clinic and Van Doorne Hearing Care have joined efforts to provide hearing aids to the underserved in the Holland/Zeeland community. Behind-the-ear hearing aids which have six years of use or less and are in good, working condition can be dropped off at the Holland Free Health Clinic or Van […]
ConnectLine Microphone is a new addition to Oticon’s family of Bluetooth (TM) solutions. As a wireless companion microphone, ConnectLine Microphone helps with one-on-one communication in difficult listening situations by improving signal-to-noise ratios for the instrument user. To the majority of people, this email blast would go unnoticed. Audiologists get blasted with marketing and new releases constantly, […]
We support the Loop. Van Doorne Hearing Care is now looped! We support the Loop America Initiative. Now, we can not only verify the integrity of your T-coil in the office, but we can also loop homes for better listening to TV or, with the use of a mic, each other! This is a welcome […]
American Sign Language (ASL) is now available on mobile apps. The app is called iSign ASL and what makes this app extra cool is that a 3-D character shows you each particular gesture. You can see the movements from different vantage points so you have a more thorough way of grasping each particular sign. This […]
If the key to a happy marriage is good communication, then what happens when you take away the ability to convey thoughts, share feelings, ideas, hear and respond because of hearing loss? The relationship is bound to suffer…sometimes even crumble. According to research, this happens more often than you would think. ALARMING STATISTICS REGARDING HEARING […]
Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Wisconsin have discovered that the protein Bak can be partially responsible for up to 50% of all over 65’s suffering from hearing loss. Millions of tiny sensory hair cells in the inner ear enable you to hear. Age-related hearing loss involves the death of some […]
Before you make your toy purchases, you must know about a few very noisy toys out there. Instead of bringing joy to your children, these toys could give them unwanted, permanent hearing loss. That’s right; many of the toys for children on the market ring in at more than 129 decibels (dB.) That’s well above […]
