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Coronavirus Precautions
We Are Open for Non-Contact Services: Coronavirus Response at Link Audiology Your health and safety as our patient is always our #1 priority. Life is stressful enough right now without hearing difficulties, so we are doing our best to keep you connected to the ones...
Meniere’s Disease
What is Meniere's Disease?Meniere's disease is a disorder affecting the inner ear that is defined by 4 symptoms: (1) vertigo; (2) ear pressure; (3) wind-noise tinnitus; and (4) fluctuating hearing loss. These symptoms usually occur at the same time with...
Bluetooth Hearing Aids
Hearing Aids for iPhone or All Phones If you're looking for new hearing aids, you might have read some of the reviews for the latest Bluetooth hearing aids or MFi hearing aids (made-for-iPhone). You might think of it as a gimmick, but Bluetooth technology can actually...
The Best Hearing Aids
The Best Hearing Aids Are Only Fit by The Best Audiologist If you're reading this article, chances are you're searching for the best hearing aids. You're trying to figure out which one helps the best in noise, or has the best iPhone features, or has the...
Stay Out of the Big Box
Don't Get Put in the Big Box! You've determined that you're having trouble hearing, and now you need to do something about it. But where do you go? Who do you see? You've probably been bombarded with mailers and ads from local big box hearing aid...
Quality Control for Hearing Aids
Quality Control for Hearing Aids Everyone wants the things that they buy to work the way they're supposed to. You want to get the quality product that you pay for. And hearing aids are no exception. But how can you be certain that the hearing aids you just...
The Free Hearing Test (And Why We Don’t Do It)
The Free Hearing Test (And Why We Don't Do It) A lot of hearing care professionals offer free hearing tests to new patients. It's an appealing offer - why pay for something you can get for free? But, as the old saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. And...
Accessibility with Apple
Accessibility with Apple Apple is stepping up its game with accessibility features for people with disabilities. As their new video shows, Apple products can help people in a variety of ways. Including, but not limited to, hearing aid compatibility. ReSound's LiNX2...
Hearing the TV with HyperSound
A Great New Solution for Hearing the TV There are certain hearing difficulties that we as audiologists have become accustomed to hearing from our patients: it sounds like everyone is mumbling; I can't understand in noisy environments; I can't hear on the telephone;...
Audiology
One of the most common inside jokes of audiology is that people don't really know what it is. When we identify ourselves as audiologists people say "what?" because they either don't know what an audiologist is, or because they're joking that they couldn't hear us. It...