Unitron launched it’s Favorite Sounds campaign to recognize individuals who have dedicated their lives to helping people with hearing loss.  A video was made to highlight the favorite sounds of hundreds of hearing care professionals.

http://mysound.unitron.com/home

Unitron’s Favorite Sound campaign sparked Saline Audiology to conduct their own contest.  Each month a winner is chosen from the entries and they receive a $25.oo gas card.  Click the link below to enter Saline Audiology’s “Favorite Sound” Contest!

http://salineaudiology.com/contact-saline-audiology/myfavoritesound/

 

I’m Listening…

I’m all about ear candy.  Groove-shakin’.  Hangin’ loose.
Livin’ the music. 
I create it.  Express it.  Get off on performin’ it.
But before the session or concert starts, I protect myself from the hearing damage high levels of sound can cause.
I am listening – with high fidelity Musicians Earplugs.

Saline Audiology can fit you with custom musicians earplugs, that are high-tech, comfortable, and produce a great quality of sound.

501-778-3868 or 501-922-0053

www.salineaudiology.com

Newborn Hearing Screenings

All newborns should be screened for hearing loss.

Make sure your newborn’s hearing is screened before leaving the hospital.

Why Screen Newborns?
Newborn hearing screenings are extremely important. When newborns have hearing loss and are diagnosed early, effective intervention is available to help them achieve normal or nearly normal speech, language, and hearing milestones.

• Approximately 3-6 of every 1,000 newborns have significant hearing problems.
• More than 95 percent of newborns who are born deaf have parents with normal hearing.
• Hearing loss is invisible; it cannot be seen by examining your newborn’s ears.
• Most newborns with hearing loss have no signs or symptoms.

What Should I Know About the Hearing Screening?

• Hearing screenings are fast, safe, and painless.
• Sometimes newborns are screened once or twice.
• Hearing screenings take about 10 minutes.
• Most babies sleep through the hearing screening.
• You will receive the hearing screening results before you leave the hospital.

What If My Newborn Does Not Pass the Hearing Screening?
Some newborns who need a follow-up hearing screening or a hearing test have normal hearing—BUT some have hearing loss.

If your newborn does not pass the screening, it is important to make an appointment with an audiologist for a complete hearing test.

What If My Newborn Passes the Hearing Screening?
Newborns who pass the screenings are usually fine. However, some newborns might hear well enough to pass a screening, even though their hearing is not perfectly normal. Some newborns may pass the screening, yet they can lose hearing from illness, medications, or genetic reasons—after leaving the hospital. Therefore, even if your newborn passes the screening, tell your audiologist or physician if you suspect hearing loss at any time.

Other Warning Signs of Hearing Loss
Your newborn might be at risk for delayed onset hearing loss if any of the following applies to your baby.

• You or another caregiver has concerns.
• Family history of childhood hearing loss.
• Neonatal intensive care stay with ECMO therapy.
• Chemotherapy.
• Some infections that occur before and after birth (including CMV, bacterial, and viral meningitis).
• Some disorders that affect the baby’s nervous system.

If one or more apply to your newborn, make an appointment with  an audiologist.

SALINE AUDIOLOGY
501-778-3868

The Better Hearing Institute explains why two hearing aids ( binaural hearing aids) are better than one:

1.  Better understanding of speech and conversation.
2.  Better understanding in groups and noisy situations.
3.  Better detection of the source of sounds.
4.  360 degree hearing range means better balance and sound quality.
5.  Less distoration and better reproduction of amplified sounds.
6.  Better hearing of sounds from a farther distance.
7.  More easily distinguishable sounds.
8.  The unaided ear may lose its natural ability to function.
9.  Listening is more pleasant because hearing is less tiring.
10.  Balanced reception of sound.
11.  Loud sounds are more easily tolerated.
12.  Hearing aid feedback chances are reduced.
13.  Two hearing aids help reduce ringing in the ears.
14.  Most consumers with loss in both ears chose two hearing aids.
15.  Consumers with two hearing aids express greater satisfaction.

To determine the type of hearing loss, the audiologist is looking for the point in the auditory system where the loss is occurring

Types of hearing loss:

• conductive: a temporary or permanent hearing loss typically due to abnormal conditions of the outer and/or middle ear
• sensorineural: typically a permanent hearing loss due to disease, trauma, or inherited conditions affecting the nerve cells in the cochlea, the inner ear, or the eighth cranial nerve
• mixed: a combination of conductive and sensorineural components
• central auditory processing disorder: a condition where the brain has difficulty processing auditory signals that are heard