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….
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…
No Bones About It: Osteoporosis May Cause Hearing Loss
If you have osteoporosis, it’s a good idea to make hearing exams a routine part of your medical regimen. A growing body of research has found a link between this bone density disease and sudden hearing loss. Understanding how the two seemingly different conditions are related can help in prevention. Osteoporosis, a disease that weakens…
Brain Fitness & Hearing Loss
Hearing loss has been linked to dementia,1 which is concerning for many. However, results from a recent study about the effects of a Brain Fitness Program on participants with a wide range of hearing abilities may provide some hope. In the study, participants were randomly assigned to one of two training groups, the Posit Science’s…
Better Hearing and Speech Month 2022: Connecting People
It’s May, which means it’s Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM)! BHSM is a time when the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) joins forces with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to raise awareness about hearing and speech disorders. This year’s theme is “Connecting People.” Having strong relationships is important for everyone, but…
Break Free From the Stress of Tinnitus
April is Stress Awareness Month, a time when we reflect on the causes of stress, including health issues like tinnitus. Tinnitus, otherwise known as “ringing in the ears,” can create incredible stress for some people. The constant noise is annoying, disruptive, distracting and painful. In one study of 100 tinnitus patients, only 25 had no…
World Hearing Day Does Your Ears a World of Good
Hearing loss is a global phenomenon—nearly 477 million people around the world have it.1 To raise awareness about hearing loss and how to prevent it and promote hearing health care for people everywhere, the World Health Organization (WHO) created World Hearing Day, held on March 3rd. Hearing loss caused by aging cannot be prevented. However,…