With groundbreaking advancements and comprehensive care strategies, you can transform the way you perceive sound and enrich numerous aspects of your life.   Optimizing your hearing doesn’t just help you stay connected to your loved ones and hear your favourite sounds...

Have you done an internet search for hearing aids recently? If so, you’ve probably been overwhelmed by all of the offerings available, ranging in price from less than $100 to several thousand, and even $10,000. I congratulate you for recognizing that you need to do...

Is it becoming increasingly difficult to make sense of conversations, especially in a noisy environment? Maybe you’re not hearing well when you talk on the phone, your ears feel stuffy all the time, or you’re missing sounds that used to be quite clear.  If you’re...

Have you ever had someone tell you that they hear just fine out of their good ear? Sometimes that statement is something of a spoof. However, for the 350,000 Canadians diagnosed with single-sided deafness (SSD) annually, it can be a disabling condition, often worse...

Are your ears frequently having to endure loud noise at work, on the street, or during social events?  As an audiologist, I frequently observe the impact of noise on our patients' hearing.  An estimated 11 million Canadians (43%) are exposed to damaging noise at work,...

The WHO estimates more than 1.5 billion people (nearly 20% of the global population) live with a hearing loss; 430 million of them have a disabling hearing loss. Out of that 1.5 billion, approximately 34 million are children. This is a growing problem that is expected...

Are you uncomfortable in a crowded restaurant or during a party because you just can’t keep up with a conversation with those nearby? An inability to clearly have a conversation in a noisy environment is among the early warning signs of hearing loss. Those who...