Best Places To Store Your Hearing Aids
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 7% of adults aged 45 and older use hearing aids. Whether you’ve been newly diagnosed with hearing loss or have been wearing hearing aids for years, one of the most important things to know is how to take care of your device, including how to…
Why Hearing Aids Are Different from Glasses
There’s one way in which hearing aids and eyeglasses are the same: both treat a sensory loss. However, there are more ways that they are different. We review these differences below. Hearing Aids Are Less Common According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, “About 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from…
Reasons To Make a Hearing Test Your New Year’s Resolution
If you’ve noticed that you’re struggling to follow along during work meetings or when out to dinner with friends at French Market Grille, you should make getting a hearing test one of your New Year’s resolutions. What Is a Hearing Test? Typically, when getting a hearing test, you will receive a pure-tone audiogram, which is…
Can Colds Cause Hearing Loss?
Turns out there’s a reason they call it the common cold! Research shows us that adults have an average of 2-3 colds per year and that children have even more. While colds are often mild, they can cause a few unpleasant symptoms, including, in some cases, temporary hearing loss. Common Cold Symptoms Symptoms of a…
Alyson O’Banion
Alyson O’Banion, MPT, DPT attended the University of South Carolina-Aiken and received her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and biology in 1996 with the immediate completion of her master’s degree in physical therapy from the Medical College of Georgia in 1998. She completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2014 from A.T. Still University in…
Waterproof & Water-Resistant Hearing Aids: What’s the Difference?
According to an article on consumer preferences for hearing aid attributes, “Seven attributes of hearing aids were identified through qualitative research: performance in quiet settings, comfort, feedback, frequency of battery replacement, purchase price, water and sweat resistance, and performance in noisy settings.” This post focuses on resistance to water – more specifically, what it means…
Tips for Sharing the Holiday Cheer with Children Who Have Hearing Loss
Many associate hearing loss with older populations, but lots of children experience hearing loss as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately one to three of every 1,000 children has hearing loss, while other studies have estimated this number to be more like two to five per 1,000 children. If…
Sarah Norris, Au.D., CCC-A
Dr. Sarah Norris joined Augusta-Aiken ENT & Allergy in June 2021. She is originally from Macon, Mississippi. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Norris received her Doctor of Audiology from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed her externship here at…
Boo! Protect Your Hearing From Loud Noises This Halloween
Halloween is only a few days away. Many of you have already picked out the perfect pumpkin at Steed’s Dairy and are putting the finishing touches on costumes before you head out for a night or a whole weekend of spooky fun. However, what you may not realize is that some of these fun Halloween…
Christopher Z. Johnson, MD
Dr. Johnson graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Microbiology and again earning his Doctor of Pharmacy. In medical school he was nominated to the medical honors society, AOA, as an early inductee. He completed his residency in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at Augusta University. During residency, he developed a…