Elevate Audiology- Hearing & Tinnitus Center

12 hours ago

“What was the most surprising thing you noticed when wearing your hearing aids in the first week?”

Patient: “I was so amazed how loud my television was before I got them! This really emphasized to me how much clarity I was missing. But, the funniest part had to be when I first used the restroom, I thought I was next to Niagra falls!” 🚽🙈

These are the stories that make my day. Many patients will ask, “Do hearing aids make everything louder.”

The short answer is YES, but hearing aids work in a very sophisticated manner!
Digital hearing aid technology has the ability to constantly scan your environment to find the signal of interest, which is most often speech. However, when a patient first wears hearing aids, their brain has to adapt to MANY sounds around them that they likely have not heard in awhile.

Prime example: the Niagra Falls 🚽 flush.
Initially this sound may come as a surprise, but the brain will recognize that this sound is present and continue to file it to memory. Over time the brain adapts and won’t notice those incidental sounds as much. Isn’t that amazing?!

At Elevate Audiology we pride ourselves in connecting with our patients and counseling them on realistic expectations from hearing aids based on their individual abilities. Wearing hearing aids may seem overwhelming, but our job is to support you every step of the way! ... See MoreSee Less

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Elevate Audiology- Hearing & Tinnitus Center

3 days ago

National Employee Appreciation Day 💕

We want to take a minute and talk about Amber.

Amber has been with us since we opened in March 2018. She has learned so much about audiology and what it takes to care for our patients. She can also tell anyone directions to and from anywhere in our area- she is like an human GPS and our personal weather woman!

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Elevate Audiology- Hearing & Tinnitus Center

5 days ago

How amazing to see this on World Hearing Day!!!

Thank you Congressman Tom Rice - our very own SC Representative for cosponsoring and introducing this important piece of bipartisan legislation!!!!

#audpeeps #WorldHearingDay #chooseaudiologyMedicare Audiologist Access and Services Act reintroduced in the US House of Representatives

Introduced by Congressman Tom Rice and Congressman Matt Cartwright , with more than 20 bipartisan original co-sponsors, the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (MAASA) of 2021 will enhance the Medicare benefit by providing critical direct access to both diagnostic and therapeutic services provided by audiologists. The American Academy of Audiology , the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) endorse this legislation as a top priority to ensure expedient and optimal hearing and balance health care for the older adult population in the United States.

For more info visit: audiologist.org/item/aaa-ada-and-asha-unite-on-world-hearing-day-to-support-critical-audiology-le... ... See MoreSee Less

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Elevate Audiology- Hearing & Tinnitus Center

5 days ago

World Hearing Day 🌍

About 1 in 5 people have some form of hearing loss that is UNTREATED.

The prevalence of hearing loss is outstanding. It is an invisible handicap that most don’t acknowledge or know that they have. 😔

At Elevate Audiology we are helping fight this statistic every day. 💚

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