HEARING PROTECTION WHILE HUNTING: NOT AN OXYMORON!
By Courtney Parmley, Au.D., CCC-A and Joanna Capobianco, Au.D., CCC-A, Central Illinois Hearing & Balance Center Autumn is here, which means falling leaves and dropping temperatures. There are those who welcome this change of season with open arms and then there are others who simply view it as a “precursor” for what’s to follow — […]
AUDIOLOGISTS AND ENT PHYSICIAN: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
By Courtney Parmley, Au.D., CCC-A and Joanna Capobianco, Au.D., CCC-A, Central Illinois Hearing & Balance Center Approximately 20 percent of Americans report some degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss also ranks as the third most common chronic physical condition behind arthritis and heart disease. If you are someone who has been having hearing or ear […]
IT’S SYNC OR STREAM!
By Courtney Parmley, Au.D., CCC-A and Joanna Capobianco, Au.D., CCC-A, Central Illinois Hearing & Balance Center Wireless hearing aid technology has continued to improve over the years. A huge benefit of wireless hearing aids is that individuals with hearing loss can “stream” from any audio source, such as phones, iPads, computers, television, or radio, directly […]
SUMMER DOS AND DON’TS FOR HEARING AID WEARERS
By Courtney Parmley, Au.D., CCC-A and Joanna Capobianco, Au.D., CCC-A, Central Illinois Hearing & Balance Center Summer is finally here. Many people look forward to this season because it gives them the opportunity to indulge in activities requiring warm, sunny days, like boating, swimming, hiking, and traveling. Wearing hearing aids shouldn’t keep you from enjoying […]
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MARBLES? A LESSON ON POSITIONAL VERTIGO
By Courtney Parmley, Au.D., CCCA and Joanna Capobianco, Au.D., CCCA, Audiologists at the Central Illinois Hearing & Balance Center Dizziness is something that most of us have experienced at one time or another, whether caused by fatigue, lack of hydration, blood pressure levels, medicinal side effects, or just by having one too many adult beverages. […]
Special Olympics Games
We had the Special Olympics games last weekend at ISU. Dr. Parmley is the director of the healthy hearing screening program for Illinois Special Olympics. We screened 193 athletes at the games so we had a great turnout! Audiology and speech pathology student volunteers from ISU, Northern IL, and Rush University all assisted her in the screenings. […]
When You Hear, But Don’t Understand
Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a condition that makes it difficult to recognize subtle differences between sounds in words. This condition is more common in children, especially boys, but is also present in adults as well. Individuals with an auditory processing disorder typically have normal hearing but struggle to process and make sense of sounds, […]
These Aren’t Your Grandpa’s Hearing Aids
When you think of hearing aids, what are the first words that come to mind? Many people think of “grandpa’s hearing aids” and describe them as not working, spending time in the bedroom drawer and constantly buzzing, chirping, and whistling. That is not the case with hearing aids any longer. New technological advances have revolutionized […]
The Hearing Bone’s Connected to the What?
Once upon a time, before people knew any better, they thought that hearing loss was simply a part of growing older — something not worth doing much about. They were wrong. Turns out, hearing loss isn’t fussy about age. More than half of us with hearing loss are still in the workforce. Hearing loss is […]