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Hearing Aid Side Effects
April 5, 2023
Hearing aids are a medical device, and as such, for best outcomes, they need to be fit to an individual’s prescription. If a hearing aid
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Do you need a prescription for a hearing aid?
March 4, 2023
After a long anticipated wait, over-the-counter hearing aids were released to the public in October 2022. This release created an entirely new category of hearing
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Why did a huge piece of wax fall out of my ear?
March 1, 2023
As an audiologist, ear wax is a common subject of discussion with my patients. What is ear wax? Why do we need to have ear