Directional Microphone Update
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
5d ago
I know I haven’t posted anything in a long time. It is recommended by website builders that blog posts should be regular, long, pretty, and blah, blah, blah. Anyway, I don’t have time for that, so I’m going to make quick ones about new important developments and stuff I think people should know. Both Widex and Oticon have come out with new hearing aid cases that help in noise. A little background: Most hearing aids have two microphones on them in order to amplify sound directionally. In simple real world terms, that means when you’re in a restaurant you can hear the person you’re facing bette ..read more
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Hearing Aid Maintenance: How to change a wax guard.
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
10M ago
The single most important thing you can learn to do is to change the wax guard on your hearing aid. When a hearing aid stops working, it’s almost always the wax guard. Even if your ears don’t make wax, it’s usually the wax guard because it will trap moisture and skin flakes as well. Here’s how to change a wax guard. The post Hearing Aid Maintenance: How to change a wax guard. appeared first on Santa Barbara Audiology ..read more
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Another Mass Shooting in America
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
1y ago
Steve Kerr’s statement took the words and the emotions right out of my mouth and heart. Steve Kerr14 (19) Children were killed “14 children were killed 400 miles from here. And a teacher. And in the last 10 days, we’ve had elderly black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo. We’ve had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California. And now we have children murdered at school.” (At the time of the press conference, there were 14 children dead. It has risen to 22.) 50 GOP Senators “There’s 50 senators right now who refuse to vote on H.R. 8, which is a background check rule that the House ..read more
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Never Throw Out an Old Hearing Aid.
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
2y ago
Old hearing aids should never be thrown out. Here are my suggestions on what to do with old aids: Use them as spare hearing aids Give them to family members or friends who can’t afford hearing aids. (Most hearing aids can be reprogrammed to almost anyone’s hearing loss. We reprogram hearing aids all the time.) Donate them to an organization that will reprogram them for people in the community or the world. (Contact us for details). Donate dead aids to organizations like Starkey. They can use the functioning parts to repair other hearing aids. The post Never Throw Out an Old Hearing Aid. app ..read more
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Rechargeable Hearing Aids: what to do when the power goes out.
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
3y ago
A patient came in for an appointment today and said her neighborhood is scheduled for a blackout today. The problem is, she has the type of rechargeable hearing aids with a charger that doesn’t have a built in battery pack. I told her that one option is to have the classic cell phone battery charger that you plug into a wall. You would just have to make sure to keep it charged though. Personally, I wouldn’t keep up on that. Too many other things to think about. So then I got an idea. A buddy of mine and I were watching surfers at the beach, and all of a sudden he pulls out a solar cell phone c ..read more
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Whenever life gets gnarly, I think about roller c...
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
3y ago
Whenever life gets gnarly, I think about roller coasters and the message you get before it takes off. You know the one. “Remain seated with your hands, arms, legs, and feet inside the vehicle at all times.” This whole year has been a roller coaster. Business owners have been on a roller coaster. I waited to hire someone to help me until I had gotten my vaccine and until I could find someone who had gotten the vaccine as well. If I don’t get back to you in the normal time, it’s not because you aren’t important. It’s because things are far from normal. A few observations about the past two mont ..read more
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Covid Update
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
3y ago
Now that Santa Barbara county Coronavirus transmission is again widespread, we are being extra careful in the office. We are scheduling extra time between appointments. Unless it’s too cold, the two chairs outside are the new waiting room. Carol is here again Tuesdays and Thursdays and my husband, Jack, will be helping with scheduling. One hearing aid business in Santa Barbara and the VA in Santa Maria have closed, so it has been extra busy. We really need to hire extra staff, but we’re holding off until we have better control of the virus. I hope you’ll hang in there with us. We have so many ..read more
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Don’t Put Anything Smaller Than Your Elbow in Your Ear!
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
4y ago
I actually have worked with one doctor who said it’s ok to use Q-tips, as long as you dip it in alcohol. They’re abrasive and the skin in your ear is delicate. On the other hand, I have a friend who ruptured her eardrum with a Q-tip because someone opened the bathroom door and it hit her elbow. I told my son this rule when he was about four and he looked down at his elbow for a moment before deciding it wasn’t possible. Anyway, your call. But, officially, nothing smaller than your elbow. There’s a lot going on right now, so I thought we could use some humor. It’s my favorite coping mechanism ..read more
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Black Lives Matter – a statement from the American Academy of Audiology
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
4y ago
Call to Action June 8, 2020 “Colleagues, We sincerely hope that members of the Academy join us in expressing our deepest sympathy to the families of George Floyd and others whose tragic deaths have sparked long overdue conversations in our nation. We ask that you share in our sadness for the unbearable stress these unthinkable events have placed on Black Americans and specifically on our Black members. While the majority of the membership cannot even begin to imagine this type of stress, we can use this time to imagine and realize a different future in the Academy. The Academ ..read more
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Santa Barbara Audiology: working from home
Santa Barbara Audiology
by Jacqueline Wiley
4y ago
I woke up this morning remembering something learned in the school of hard knocks: Work smart. Not just hard. So here are the “smart” ideas that will keep everyone safe and hopefully keep me from going out of business. It turns out I can work from home in a lot of cases. Here’s how: 1) If get a buy a hearing aid or if you have a current hearing aid, I can program it remotely. The setup takes maybe half an hour. Remote programming is not ideal because it’s only so effective without “real ear” measurements, so I’ll eventually everyone will have to follow up in the office. 2 ..read more
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