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What Are the Different Treatments For Hearing Loss? | Dr. Natan Bauman Shares His Expertise
When we talk about hearing treatment options, we present them based on the results of the hearing assessment, what the cause of each individual’s hearing loss might be, your cognitive and auditory processing skills along with what fits best with each person’s unique...

My Opinion Of The Bose SoundControl Hearing Aid | From The Desk Of Dr. Natan Bauman
If you have ever asked yourself, “Why do I need help with my hearing?” and your loved ones tell you that it is simply to hear better, then your solution may be over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. Ever since President Biden gave his executive order to allow...

What Causes Hearing Loss? | New England Hearing Care Expert Shares His Expertise
There are many, many causes of hearing loss, but we can usually sort these in five buckets, so to speak, based on internal or external factors. Internal factors would include aging and genetic predispositions, while external factors would include loud environments,...

How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting Hearing Healthcare – Webinar
Artificial intelligence is a word that has quickly been coined into our vocabulary over the past couple years, with many markets such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google taking advantage. It is a way of using machines, as opposed to natural intelligence by humans,...

What Is AVI New England’s Approach To Treating Tinnitus? | Dr. Natan Bauman Answers
Tinnitus affects 50 million people in the US. Most people find their tinnitus not affecting their lifestyle, but for close to 15 million their tinnitus is quite bothersome and for 1 to 2 million people, tinnitus can be very disabling, to the point of being unable to...

What Is Tinnitus, And Why Does It Happen? | New England Hearing Care Expert Shares Professional Opinion
Tinnitus is the term used for hearing a sound (although, we actually hear with our brain) in the absence of a real sound in the environment. The sounds heard can vary a lot, from just a pure sound to a more complicated sound. Tinnitus could sound like crickets, or be...

What Happens At A Hearing Assessment? | Dr. Natan Bauman Answers
Most people have no idea what happens at a hearing test, and they can be nervous about this step into the unknown. So, I’d like to give you a walkthrough as to what happens at a hearing test to dispel any fears.A Few Questions First Before the testing, we start with a...

Is It True The New Jabra Enhance Plus Lifestyle Device Is About To Change The Stigma Around Hearing Loss?
A few comments from the AVI desk of Dr. Natan Bauman. Hearing should be considered as the most important sense for our survival or at least should be considered one of the most important senses. Better hearing goes beyond just improving what we hear by improving our...

Is There An Adjustment Period With New Hearing Aids?
If you have recently made the life-changing decision to treat your hearing loss with hearing aids – we applaud you. Research suggests it takes the average person over ten years to seek treatment for their hearing loss, and within this time, millions of people go...

Why Others May Notice Your Hearing Loss Before You Do
Although most of us have never “watched paint dry” or “watched grass grow,” we understand the meaning behind the much-used illustrations. In reality, hearing loss comes on at the same pace as drying paint or growing grass, which makes it difficult for the person...