Managing Your Hearing Loss During Thanksgiving Grocery Shopping
Thanksgiving grocery shopping offers colorful displays of pumpkins and cranberries, families stocking up for big meals and that unmistakable holiday buzz in the air. But for people with hearing loss, a pre-holiday run to FreshTake Grocery can feel less festive and more overwhelming. Crowded aisles, clattering carts and holiday announcements can create a perfect storm…
Making Holiday Reunions More Enjoyable with Hearing Aids
The holidays create a flurry of communication challenges for people with hearing loss. The combination of constant conversation and frenzied trips to FreshTake Grocery can leave you exhausted. Luckily, with a technologically advanced pair of hearing aids, you don’t have to miss out on the fun. How Do Hearing Aids Improve the Holidays? At a…
Understanding Hearing Damage in Military Service Members
Augusta has a large population of military personnel and their families. Whether you’re currently serving in the military or are retired from active duty, it’s crucial to pay attention to your health. Hearing loss and tinnitus are routinely the top two health concerns for military veterans. Let’s examine these two types of auditory damage and…
How Hearing Aids Can Improve Your Football Season
Football season has officially kicked off. Fans are rushing to the stores to buy jerseys, heading to Pendleton King Park for a quick game of touch football and getting ready to stock up on Super Bowl snacks. If football season is your favorite part of autumn, you probably want to make sure you don’t miss…
Staying Steady on the Course: Hearing Loss, Balance and Golf in Augusta
Whether you like big courses at the West Lake Country Club or low-key nights at the Putt-Putt Fun Center, you know that golfing requires coordination and balance. While the two may not seem related, untreated hearing loss is one factor that can disrupt your balance, effectively turning your birdies into bogies. How Can Hearing…
School Hearing Screenings: A First Step Toward Hearing Loss Treatment
Children depend on their hearing every day. In classrooms, they listen to instructions, participate in discussions and laugh with friends at recess. When hearing problems go undetected, kids risk falling behind in school and shrinking away from social activities like playing with other kids at the playground. That’s why schools in Augusta conduct routine hearing…
How Does a Sonic Boom From an Airplane Impact Hearing?
You’ve probably seen a movie or TV show where the hero sets their ship to hyperdrive to escape a sticky interstellar situation. While we don’t have a hyperdrive yet, we do have aircraft fast enough to break through the sound barrier, creating a noise we call a sonic boom. What Is a Sonic Boom?…
Scott Walton, MD
Born and raised in Texas, Dr. Walton graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University before attending the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into both the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He went on to complete his residency in Otolaryngology–Head…
Tips for Teaching Kids With Hearing Loss
Teaching is a rewarding, if occasionally taxing, career. Between making lesson plans and organizing field trips to the Augusta Museum of History, you spend your days connecting with kids and helping them learn. One additional factor that may arise is the responsibility that comes with teaching kids with hearing loss. An estimated 34 million…
Kimberly Y. Butler, M.A., CCC-SLP
Kim Butler received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and a Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Memphis. She is a licensed speech-language pathologist in the state of Georgia and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Kim is also a member of ASHA’s…