This holiday season, capture every precious MOMENT with clear, natural sound. Make an appointment with Sound Hearing Care between December 6th and 10th for a special holiday MOMENT event. Read this blog post to learn more.

WIDEX MOMENT™ hearing aids have always been known for the pure, natural sound they deliver. Now, new upgrades provide wearers with artificial intelligence technology as well as resources to maximize their experience. Read this blog post to learn more.

Do you remember what life was like before cell phones — when you had to use a payphone to make a call or ask for directions when you were going somewhere? These days, it’s hard to imagine living without cell phones! You can do almost anything with your phone, and that includes controlling your hearing aids. Read this article to learn more.

Depending on how loud it is and how often you hear it, noise can damage your hearing in as little as two minutes or in as long as a period of many years. Whenever you will be exposed to loud noise, you can protect your hearing with earplugs. This article explains the options available so you can decide which will work best for you.

A scientific study published in February of 2020 in Frontiers in Neuroscience investigated whether people with age-related hearing loss can improve their cognitive functioning and even reverse their cognitive decline by using well-fitted hearing aids. Find out what they learned in this blog post!

The American Tinnitus Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, advocacy, education, and support for people who live with tinnitus. This organization offers a podcast called Conversations in Tinnitus, which discusses ongoing research, treatment, and management of the condition. If you suffer from tinnitus, it is a wonderful resource for you to stay up-to-date about the condition. Read this blog post for summaries of the two most recent podcasts available.

One of the issues of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, is the fact it can cause medical conditions for people even after they have recovered from infection from the virus. We still don’t know the full extent of the effects of the virus, but we are slowly learning more about some of the problems the virus may cause for people. One of the effects could be tinnitus. Read this article to learn more!

Sound Hearing Care strives to offer the very best in hearing healthcare to our clients. With this goal in mind, we have a very exciting announcement. Starting May 1st, we will be offering Saturday hours in our Simpsonville location from 10 am until 4 pm. During this time, patients can have an appointment with our new audiologist, Stephen J. Cuddy. Read this post to learn more!

You've been diagnosed with hearing loss, now what? Learning this news for the first time can stir up so many different emotions. While you may need the time to process everything your hearing care specialist discussed, it will be beneficial to seek a close family member's support. It may seem uncomfortable to talk to your family about your hearing loss, but it's important to realize that it impacts them as well.

October is National Audiology Awareness Month, and this brings the attention to taking care of your hearing and protecting your hearing. Protecting your hearing should be at the top of everyone’s list when it comes to taking care of their health.

Hearing aids, like most electronic devices, can be powered by two different kinds of batteries: rechargeable or disposable. In the last few years, hearing aids with rechargeable batteries have become more and more popular. Rechargeable hearing aids have built-in batteries that don’t need regular removal because you dock the hearing aids every night on a charger. There are pros and cons to both rechargeable batteries and disposable batteries.

The Coronavirus pandemic doesn’t seem to have an end in sight, so many families are staying busy by spending time at the pools and beaches this summer to beat the heat. Sharing memories in the water is fun for people of all ages in a family. The more time you spend in the water, however, can lead to water getting trapped in your ears. Symptoms of water trapped in the ear include a full feeling in the ear and the sensation that water is sloshing around inside your ear. If you can’t get the water out, then it can lead to swimmer’s ear or otitis externa.

If you are one of the millions of people that wear hearing aids, you may find it challenging to wear a face mask at the same time. With no end to the Covid-19 pandemic in sight, many establishments, counties, and even states are requiring patrons to wear face masks when they are inside a public building. For people that wear hearing aids, this can present a few challenges because it can be harder to understand others during a conversation, and the ear loops on a mask can tug on your hearing aids when you take the mask off. We have gathered some tips to help you with wearing a mask and communicating while wearing a mask.

If you have been diagnosed with hearing loss, or even if you haven’t, there are things you can do to help improve your overall health and hearing. We have gathered some tips that you can follow to help your hearing loss. While these won’t cure hearing loss, they can help you feel your best!

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers are working remotely for the first time. For people with hearing loss, this can present new challenges, and it can be overwhelming to navigate this new normal. We have gathered some tips to help you figure out the best way to work remotely and communicate with coworkers during virtual meetings so they can be more productive.

While places are starting to open up, many people are still mostly staying home to protect themselves and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. For people that have a hearing impairment and people that wear hearing aids, being home all the time can present new hearing challenges that you aren’t used to handling. Read the tips below to help you manage your new routine, and if you are struggling with your keeping your hearing aids clean or working correctly, make sure to give us a call.