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How to Unclog Blocked Ears: What’s the Most Effective Way?
Experiencing a blocked ear can range from slightly annoying to significantly distressing, affecting your daily life and communication. Symptoms often manifest as muted sounds, a feeling of fullness in the ear, or even mild unsteadiness on your feet. It's essential...
How to Improve the Performance of Your Hearing Aids: Try These Three Quick Fixes
Hearing aids are pivotal in maintaining your connection with your friends and loved ones, but when your devices don’t perform as expected, frustration can quickly set in. When the world of sound you were loving is suddenly not sounding the same, it can be stressful...
Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Hearing Aid Technology
From meal plans to massive healthcare advancements, the power of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years has gone from a far-fetched dream to a reality that’s readily available in our cellphones and now, hearing aids. Hearing aids have come far beyond the...
Your Options to Address a Hearing Challenge in 2025
Hearing loss can be isolating, frustrating, and stressful to deal with alone. If you’re looking for how to address your hearing challenges with professional assistance, you’re in the right place. With several options for treatment on the market, it can be difficult...
How Much Do Hearing Aids Cost?
One of the most common questions that we get in our clinic is “How much do hearing aids cost?” It’s an understandable concern; hearing aids are a hefty investment into not just your hearing health, but your holistic health. Hearing aids have been proven to help...
Opening Up: My Own Personal Hearing Journey
Better hearing is not a destination, but a journey. The team at Jacobs Audiology and I dedicate ourselves to walking with our patients, ready to provide any and all necessary support along the way. The hearing journey stories from our patients are one of our most...
Apple’s Hearing Aid Features Released | Our Initial Impressions
Today, October 28, 2024, Apple released its iOS 18.1 software, which includes the long-anticipated hearing health features. This release has been a long time coming, as we have closely monitored the progress, announcements, and initial rumors over the past nine...
A Frank Discussion for Gentlemen: Is Excess Ear Hair Affecting the Performance of Your Hearing Aids?
One of the most common signs of getting older is a loss of hair where it once was and a sudden abundance of hair where it wasn’t, including your ears. While for most men this isn’t a fun topic to discuss, it’s important to address how your ear hair can affect the...
Apple Officially Announces a Hearing Test and Hearing Aid Feature | What This Means
Yesterday (September 9, 2024), Apple held an online event to make a number of announcements about their next generation of iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Having shared that Apple was rumored to be launching a 'Hearing Aid Mode' earlier this year, we watched with...
Can Hearing Aids Help You Live Longer?
There have been some intriguing, but slightly concerning, studies over the years about how untreated hearing loss is linked to different health conditions. Your ears do a lot more for you than just hear! Untreated hearing loss has been shown to affect your balance,...