Hearing loss impacts roughly every 430 million people, and the World Health Organization approximates that by 2050, 1 in every 10 people will have some level of hearing loss. Thankfully, there’s plenty of options available to treat hearing loss, from phone apps to...
Know Someone Considering Treating Their Hearing Loss? Show Them This
Did you know that your job can be one of the biggest contributors to hearing loss? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work every year in the United States. When you...
Here’s Why the ReSound ONE Hearing Aids Are Special
ReSound ONE hearing aids easily localize sounds and boost speech understanding by 30% with the Focus Assist feature. With our decades of audiology experience in Washington communities, we have hands-on experience and connections with a wide range of hearing aid...
6 Gifts Ideas For Loved Ones With Hearing Loss
This year give your loved ones the gift of accessibility! We’ve put together a list of six tech gadgets that will help someone with hearing loss gain fuller access to their world.Hearable What are hearables? They’re any wireless earbud that enhances your sound...
What Is Conductive Hearing Loss?
A conductive hearing loss occurs when there is a problem with one or more of the parts of the ear that conduct sound into the inner ear. The ear canal, the eardrum, and the tiny bones in the middle ear make up the conductive system, and any hearing loss caused by a...
Hearing Loss In Both Ears – Binaural Hearing
Individuals often experience different levels of hearing loss in each ear. And patients in this situation frequently ask us, “Can’t I just treat my really bad ear for hearing loss? Won’t that be improvement enough?” While we at Highline Hearing Professionals sometimes...
Communication Tips
Better hearing requires more than just hearing aids. Hearing your best means having the right technology — fit specifically to your unique hearing needs — for the environments you find yourself in most often, and maximizing that technology with better communication...
The Different Types Of Hearing Loss
In terms of our ability to communicate with others, hearing is our most critical sense. Even relatively mild hearing loss can seriously disrupt how we interact and connect with others. Without healthy hearing, the consequences for our social and mental health — and...
Signs Of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is an insidious health malady in that most people don’t know they’re experiencing it until too late — and even then, they may assume that it’s a temporary problem. If no single significant event occurred that may have caused a sudden change in hearing...
What Is Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Sensorineural hearing loss refers to any reduction in hearing sensitivity or sound clarity that is caused by damage to the delicate structures of the inner ear or the nerve pathways that carry the sound signal from the inner ear to the auditory-processing area of the...