Are You and Your Hearing Aids Prepared for an Emergency?

What happens if there is an emergency in the middle of the night and you don't have your hearing aids in?

• Store extra batteries for hearing aids in an emergency kit, along with a spare hearing aid, if you're fortunate enough to have one.
• ALWAYS store your hearing aids in an consistent, convenient and secure place so you know exactly where there are in a moment of panic. If you're in a rush to get out of your house you need to be able to locate them easily. Imagine not being able to hear well during and following a major disaster.
• Make sure that the smoke alarms in your home are audible to you without your hearing aids. You can also install visual smoke alarms to help alert you of an emergency. Also, make sure at least one alarm is battery operated.
• Keep paper and pens with your emergency kit just in case you are forced to communicate without your hearing aids.
• Enlist the help of family, friends and neighbors to check in on you in the event of threatening weather. Or set you phone up to get text alerts from a local news station or weather center. You may not be aware an evacuation has been ordered or a tornado alarm has sounded, and this can help ensure that you won't be left surprised by severe weather.

We Would LOVE to be Part of Your Event

Do you belong to a local social club, community organization, or neighborhood association? We want you to know that our audiologists are available for educational speaking engagements detailing the importance of protecting, preserving  and promoting the benefits of better hearing.  there is no cost for the appearance. We consider it part of our duties as the area's only Audigy Certified hearing care practice.

Though we've been serving the better-hearing needs of our community for years, our goal this year is to spend even more time with our friends and neighbors. The voices of our loved ones, our favorite songs, and countless other sounds are central to our experience. For most of us, hearing is a sense we all share. And we'd like to be a part of helping you create a lifetime of those special moments through better hearing.

LEARN HOW:

• Hearing works
• Hearing loss occurs
• To prevent hearing loss and maintain better hearing
• Hearing technology can improve your relationships

Please call our practice today so we can coordinate the best time to meet your group. We looks forward to speaking with you and thank you for helping us share the gift of better hearing.

Playing Sports When You Have Hearing Loss

At Kenwood Hearing Center we have had many patients, young and old, who played sports. From football, basketball, hockey and ice skating to karate, golf and tennis...we have seen it all.

If you or a loved one has a hearing loss and want to play sports, please tell us.  The type of hearing aid you should use depends not only on your hearing loss but on the amount of physical activity you exert. today's technology allows for a lot of power in a small hearing aid, but sometimes smaller isn't better for some sports. While hearing aids that fit in the ear are more protected from moisture and wind, the ones that fit behind the ear can be attached to clothing so you don't lose them.

There is protective gear available for your hearing aids as well. If you perspire while playing your sport, invest in an electronic hearing aid dryer. they dry the excess moisture in the hearing aids during a 6 hour cycle while you sleep. You can also use sweat bands to keep moisture away from the hearing aids. To keep from losing aids during strenuous activity, there are cords designed to attach your hearing aids to your clothing.

Let teammates and coaches know you wear hearing aids. And if you aren't going to be wearing them, let your teammates and officials know, so they can alert you to whistles and warnings.

Questions about hearing aids and sports? Call one of our audiologists. We will do our best to keep you competitive.

You can also read a quick story HERE about a female college basketball player, turned WNBA star and 3-time Olympic gold medalist, with hearing loss.

Spring Cleaning

When was the last time you had your hearing aids professionally cleaned?

It's time.

Call for an appointment with Lisa for a Spring Cleaning!

She'll deep clean your aids and change the tubes and/or tips, if necessary.

$30!  Plus, receive a 4 pack of batteries when you come in!

Offer good through March and April 2013 only.

419-534-3111

What's New in Technology?

AGXO h300, powered by Oticon

In today's busy world, you go from one difficult listening situation to another. The AGXO h300 series lets you hear more and better in all of them. This hearing aid is built on the new Inium platform and is the most advanced technology available.

The h300 series not only features the most advanced sound processing architecture ever seen in a hearing aid, it is customized for your personal sound preferences. It works smarter so you don't have to work hard at hearing. Your day is easier, your life is fuller and your world is more complete, because with this brand new technology you can hear more. Anywhere. Anytime.

No two sets of ears are the same. We all have our own sound preferences and hearing needs. It all depends no how our brain "hears." Unlike previous generations of hearing aids, the AGXO h300 series is designed to accommodate your unique hearing requirements.  Your personal hearing preferences are actually used by the powerful sound-processing chip that is at the heart of every h300 series hearing aid.  Think of it as a micro-brain that works in harmony with your brain to help you differentiate sounds. You will hear more naturally and with more clarity, even when you are in a noisy restaurant, a large group or at a sporting event.

The AGXO h300 series' remarkable technologies work together, seamlessly and automatically. Every h300 series hearing device features Speech Path E Technology, a breakthrough in clear, transparent sound. Speech Path works like a shield to protect the clarity of speech even in noisy environments.

The evolutionary Audigy 360 Sound Experience Premium technology allows you to hear in 3-D, so you can better follow conversations that come from different directions. Free Focus automatically selects the best high performance directional mode for you and gives you clearer, more natural sound even in difficult hearing situations.

The amazing new technology comes in many designs or custom fittings to suit your lifestyle and your hearing needs. They are all avoidable in colors that match your skin and hair tones or to make a fashion statement.

Sudden Hearing Loss

These past few weeks have been strange for me.  I've seen 3 women who presented with sudden hearing loss.  There is absolutely no connection between these women; one is 87, one 34 and the other 16.  But they all woke up one morning not being able to hear.  In the older 2 case, only one ear was affected, but in the teenager it was both ears that seemingly bottomed out.

Sudden hearing loss isn't unheard of.  We see it. I'd say we see it a few times a year. But to see 3 in a matter of 3 weeks is rather crazy.  But, it makes me want to shout out what needs to be done in cases of sudden hearing loss.  Far too often things are just pushed aside.  You think eh, it's probably just ear wax. Your family doctor might treat you for an ear infection.  Odds are, however, with sudden severe loss, it's NOT infection.  And in fact, sudden hearing loss deserves IMMEDIATE attention by a specialist.

You see, in some cases, treatment given by an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician within the first 48-72 hours can reverse the hearing loss.  When treatment is administered after that, your chances of recovery drop to nearly zero.

If this happens to you or someone you love, seek immediate help.  CALL US!  You need a hearing test to determine the type and degree of loss. Then we should be able to direct you to an ENT for appropriate treatment.

For more information click the link below.

National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders

Did you know?

Research has shown that adults with moderate kidney disease have a higher likelihood of hearing loss than their peers without kidney problems.

March is National Kidney Month

We encourage anyone with kidney disease to make hearing checks a routine part of your ongoing care.  With earlier and more frequent evaluations, hearing loss can be addressed and your quality of life can be greatly improved.

For more information, visit Healthy Hearing's Website HERE.

John & Annie Glenn have a Message for You!

Educational Seminar

We're hosting an educational seminar near our Bowling Green and Wauseon locations in mid-March.  (We're holding off on the Toledo region until our construction is completed. One project at a time people!)

We invite you to join us for lunch:

SATURDAY, MARCH 16 11:30 to 1:30 in WAUSEON

Fulton County Health Center, Conference Facility

725 S Shoop Ave, Wauseon

MONDAY, MARCH 18 - 11:30 TO 1:30 IN BOWLING GREEN

Wood County Hospital, meeting rooms near ER entrance

950 W Wooster, Bowling Green

PLEASE! Save your spot!
RSVP to 419-464-9265

so we have enough lunch to feed everyone who shows up!

"Hear What You've Been Missing" will be presented by Doctor of Audiology, David Lisko, who is the Midwest Clinical Trainer for Oticon Corp.  Come and learn how hearing loss can affect your life and about new developments in hearing care and communication strategies for you and your loved one.