Community Hearing in Pittsburgh

05/03/2022

We now have the Redux Hearing Instrument Dryer! It's very effective at removing moisture from hearing aids. It also works for wired and wireless earbuds. Have your devices been in the rain? In the shower? In the washing machine? Or just exposed to the moisture in your ear and the air? Schedule a drying session! 412-499-3215.

12/02/2021

Any movie buffs? Notice how movie dialog can be so hard to hear? This article talks about a couple of reasons why (besides hearing loss), including the difficulty of getting the boom mic close enough when the perfect look of the shot is more important.

https://www.slashfilm.com/673162/heres-why-movie-dialogue-has-gotten-more-difficult-to-understand-and-three-ways-to-fix-it/?utm_source=pocket-newtab&fbclid=IwAR2rCXS_aMMXK-6DIYDRa7kDrv5ARNV1FEQa9VK-z5ztnwS6tgA9WL7NytE

/Film spoke with several Oscar-winning sound designers, editors, and mixers to learn why it has become tougher to understand what characters are saying.

10/25/2018

Beautiful pictures of the inner ear from Med-El's website. For those of you that like Indian food, the first one makes me think of jalebi. The second picture reminds me of mushrooms. I must be hungry.

06/01/2018

Imagine how long it took the photographer to get this shot

12/21/2017

Merry Christmas! Kids toys are the best, except when they are too loud. Here is Sight & Hearing Assn's Noisy Toy List for 2017.

11/13/2017

NEW YORK—After years of speculation and countless failed experiments, leading toddler scientists announced Friday that they had finally determined the exact number of peas that fit into the ear canal. “Until today, it has been widely understood that only four peas could be stuffed into one’s ear, bu...

11/08/2017

09/15/2017

Here I am trying to change a battery with an arthritis simulation glove. It wasn't easy.

08/22/2017

A Chinese man who was suffering from a severe headache ended up having a live gecko removed from his ear.

07/20/2017

A video about the importance of treating hearing loss.

07/09/2017

There was a lecture on nutrition for hearing health at the vegetarian festival I'm attending. Tips were to avoid dairy to reduce ear infections and to get more oxygen to your ear with antioxidants (e.g. Blueberries, leafy greens) and hydration.