From Oregon, with love.

We received the follow letter from Dr. Jennifer Gray, an audiologist in Oregon, in regards to a young man who we have worked with since he was a little boy.  When he moved he was very frustrated trying to find an audiologist to go to.  We assisted him in finding one and then we received this letter from her:

Dear Mrs. Johnson,

I just wanted to forward a hello and thanks from Robert H.  He spoke of you fondly and with great respect.  If he could have figured out a way to commute to Ohio, you would still be seeing him.  I am honored to be his replacement audiologist, and according to Robert's reports, I have some pretty big shoes to fill.  I will work at living up to it.  I am enjoying working with him and I am sure he will do well with the new hearing aids.

                                                                                      -Dr. Jennifer Gray

Is it too loud in here?

You know the thought (go with me here...you should have this thought) - you go somewhere rather loud, and you wonder, "Is it too loud in here?  Should I maybe be wearing ear plugs?"

Well, now we have the solution for you!

The E.A.R Sound Checker - a personal sound level meter!

It's a pocket-sized sound level meter that you can actually wear on your keychain.  Just point the Sound Checker towards the source of a noise, press the button, and the Sound Checker will instantly tell you if sound levels are safe for your ears or dangerous, indicating hearing protection should be worn.

This is an ideal solution to help determine if you should be using ear plugs or muffs while shooting, at concerts, in the military or law enforcement, at sporting events and much more!

The E.A.R. Sound Checker is available in both Silver and Black finishes, and can be purchased in our office for $25.00 plus tax.

Cerumen? What's that all about?

FACTS ABOUT EAR WAX (from our friends at Bionix Medical Technologies)

• Medically named cerumen.
• Primary components of cerumen are shed layers of skin, kerative (a family of fibrous structural proteins), saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids, alcohols, squalene, cholesterol.
• Fear, stress and anxiety result in increased production.
• There are two distinct genetically determined types of cerumen; wet, which is dominant, and dry, which is recessive.
• Caucasians and Africans are more likely to have the wet type - honey brown to dark brown and moist.  East Asians and Native Americans are more likely to have the dry type of cerumen - grey and flaky.
• Cerumen type has been used by anthropologists to track human migratory patterns!

Resource for Parents

Having a child diagnosed with hearing loss is difficult for any parents.  Where do you turn? What do you do next? Hopefully, you and your child feel comfortable the hands of the team of physicians and Audiologsts who will work together to treat your child's hearing loss.

We found a few websites that are designed to share with those parents who are just starting or even those that are well in to this journey.


Parent to Parent - Resources for Parents of Children with Hearing Loss 
The goal of this site is to empower parents of hard of hearing and/or deaf children by providing the resources necessary for them to make informed decisions about their children’s hearing loss. 


Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
Use this site to look into your states laws for Newborn Hearing Screenings and Early Intervention, as well as learning average developmental milestones for hearing.


IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Federal legislation requiring free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment to children from birth to age 21. 


Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
The mission of RSA is "to provide leadership and resources to assist state and other agencies in providing vocational rehabilitation(VR), independent living (IL) and other services to individuals with disabilities to maximize their employment, independence and integration into the community and the competitive labor market.”

TV EARS

TV EARS is a wireless television headset specifically designed to clarify voices and deliver movie-theater sound without annoying others that are nearby sleeping, reading or even watching the same television program that you are.

The TV EARS transmitter accepts the audio signal from the television and converts that signal into an invisible beam of light called infrared.  This infrared beam is then sent to the TV EARS wireless headseet, which then changes the infrared signal back into crystal clear audio sound.  You maximize your listening enjoyment by adjusting the volume, tone and balance controls located conveniently on the TV EARS headset.  TV EARS lets you customize your audio preferences without affecting the television volume.

You just do the following:

1. Plug the TV EARS transmitter into an electrical outlet
2. Connect one end of the TV EARS audio cord into the back of the TV EARS transmitter, and the other end into the audio out jack located on the back of your television.
3. Installation is finished! Put on the TV EARS headset, adjust the volume, ton and balance, and enjoy listening to your favorite TV programs!

Stop in to our Toledo office for a demonstration of this easy to use TV amplifier!