Why Our mission is to help people improve their lives through better hearing. Navigating all the options for hearing aids and hearing care can be intimidating and overwhelming. (Just think about how much research you did before you found us!) Your reviews on sites like …
The Smartest Rechargeable Hearing Technology
We recently started offering the AGXSM iQ, part of a new line of hearing aids inspired by cutting-edge research in virtual reality, advanced neuroscience, and signal processing. This breakthrough technology allows you to be immersed in the world like never before — and now it’s …
From Grilling to Graduation: Tips for Hearing Well With Friends and Family
You watch the road while listening to music in the car. You listen to your cousin’s crazy stories while playing board games with nieces and nephews. You’re a pro at listening while your eyes are focused on something else, right? Not so, according to a recent …
Dementia a Real Risk With Hearing Loss
If you think of hearing loss as just an inconsequential part of getting older, you’re not alone. The truth is, however, that the condition can strike even the youngest among us — more than one in 1,000 babies screened has some form of hearing impairment, …
How Your Hearing Really Works: Turning Chaos Into Conversation
Dr. Hope Rowe, an AudigyCertified™ audiologist at Blue Wave Hearing Centers in Bentonville, understands that even though the hearing system is responsible for encoding speech sounds, it’s the brain that decodes meaningful conversation. Dr. Rowe describes the way research is helping us to understand exactly …
Reverse-Slope Hearing Loss
Your Refrigerator Is Running — Can You Hear It? You’re probably familiar with the many telltale, well-known signs of hearing loss — asking people to repeat themselves frequently, turning up the TV to uncomfortable levels for others in the room, or leaning into a conversation …
Earwax Dos & Don’ts. Hint: Hold the Cotton Swabs!
Earwax, that yellowish-brown goo, might inspire an “Ick!” or two, but managing it the right way can make a difference in your hearing health. Here’s a primer on why you have earwax and what to do about it. Why is earwax in your ear? Earwax, …
Power of Sound: TED Talks on the Sound of Nature
This week I wanted to talk about the miracle of sounds. We don’t often stop to think about all the amazing sounds our noisy world offers, and what so many of our patients are missing. As I was driving in the hills of Arkansas recently …
8 Notable African-Americans With Hearing Loss
With an estimated one in five Americans directly touched by hearing loss — a common chronic condition that spans race, gender, age, and socioeconomic status — some icons in pop culture and beyond have experienced this challenge in their own lives. As the nation celebrates …
January Is National Soup Month — 5 Healthy-Hearing Soup Recipes to Get You in the Spirit
Nutrition is a great way to prevent hearing loss. Read on for great soup recipes that will get your hearing health on sure footing for the coming year. It’s National Soup Month! What better way to kick it off than with an old Italian proverb? …