The Complicated Connection Between Hearing Loss, Menopause & HRT
Over the years, scientists have found a surprising connection between hearing loss, menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in older women. In 2007, one study found HRT offered a protective solution for hearing loss in postmenopausal women, suggesting that a mix of estrogen/progesterone can preserve women’s hearing abilities.[1] However, in 2017, a team out of…
Hearing Loss: Separating Facts From Fiction
Myth Exposed: Hearing loss is only due to advancing age. Loud noise exposure is a top cause of hearing loss. An estimated 12.5% of children and adolescents aged 6–19 years and 17% of adults aged 20–69 years have suffered permanent hearing damage from excessive noise exposure.1 Hereditary factors and health conditions like heart disease, high…
How Often Should I Get My Hearing Tested?
Most people are accustomed to making regular checkups, such as physicals and dental exams, a routine part of their medical care. Fewer individuals pay as much attention to their hearing, however. How often you need to get your hearing tested depends on your age. Newborn hearing screenings are essential, and regular checkups throughout childhood are…
Amp Up Your Summer Fun With Better Hearing
With summer approaching, we want to make sure you’re able to gear up for all the giggles, gatherings and good times ahead. May is Better Hearing & Speech Month, which means it’s a great time to check in and see how things are going with your hearing. Whether you currently wear hearing devices or generally…
We’re Partnering with Lions to Help Low-Income Families Get Hearing Aids
Indiana Hearing Specialists, working with the Lions Club, is continuing its mission to get hearing health care access to more people in our community. For the month of April 2023, we will host our Pay It Forward event, a partnership with Indiana Lions Speech and Hearing, Inc., to help recycle hearing aids. This helps make…
Celebrate Giving Tuesday to Help Your Community Hear
Want to help give the gift of hearing while also getting up to 10% off a new pair of hearing aids? This November, we’re celebrating Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29, with a month-long event to help recycle as many hearing aids as possible. This helps make essential hearing technology available to hard-of-hearing individuals from low-income families….
October Is Audiology Awareness Month
More than 48 million Americans suffer from hearing loss.1 While this condition is often viewed as an inevitable part of aging, over half of all patients are otherwise healthy adults under 65.2 Regular hearing screenings are an invaluable tool in identifying problems early. Fortunately, nearly all types of hearing loss are treatable by an audiologist….
Don’t Let Hearing Loss Bring You Down
Research shows that people with hearing loss are more likely to experience a fall than peers with normal hearing—and it all ties back to the health of the vestibular system. The vestibular system, which starts in the inner ear, is responsible for providing the brain with information that allows us to keep our balance. One…
Audiologist, Connor Slavich, Au.D., Joins Indiana Hearing Specialists
Please join us at Indiana Hearing Specialists in welcoming Connor Slavich, Au.D., to our Indianapolis office! Dr. Slavich is an experienced audiologist who focuses on treating hearing loss in adults, hearing aid fittings, hearing aid repairs and counseling patients on hearing health care. Dr. Slavich earned his bachelor’s degree in speech, language and hearing sciences…
Hearing and Cognition
Many of us take hearing for granted, but humans are unique in the way we interpret noises from our environment: We can utilize cognitive processes (knowledge, memory and intelligence) with the sensory input we receive. This allows us to communicate, learn and share thoughts and ideas. Our peripheral and central nervous systems extract and interpret…