Great Lakes Audiology

04/02/2026

Please note our altered schedule this week and next. If you call and miss us, please leave a message. We will get back to you just as soon as we can.

We'll be closed for Good Friday this week. We'll also close the office Thursday, April 9th so that we can answer questions and provide free hearing checks at the Sylvania Senior Center's Spring Health Fair from 10am-1pm. Finally, the office will close at 12:30 am on Friday, April 10th.

04/01/2026

Untreated Lyme Disease can affect your hearing health, causing hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing of the ears), and vertigo. But, if caught early, Lyme disease is treatable.

03/25/2026

Both custom fit and universal fit musicians earplugs are designed with artists, audio mixers, and audiences in mind. Both protect against damaging sound levels. Both bring the volume down without degrading the music's sound quality. Custom fit musicians earplugs are the most comfortable, best fitting option...but are more expensive and often require a trip to the audiologist's to have ear impressions made. Universal fit musicians earplugs provide plenty of protection, and preserve the sound quality of the music for less than $50. We can help you get your hands on either option. Dr. Keifer can create ear impressions you can take with you to have your own custom earplugs created. Or visit our webstore - eargoods.com - to purchase a set of musicians earplugs for your next concert.

Photo credit: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

03/17/2026

Did you hear about or actually hear the loud "boom" created over the skies near Cleveland, Ohio this St. Patrick's Day morning?

NASA's Bill Cooke, stated that the sonic booms and explosive noises heard throughout the greater Cleveland area and into Western Pennsylvania were created when a 6 ft. in diameter, 7 ton meteor traveling 45,000 miles per hours split into pieces over Medina, Ohio. It was that fragmenting which released an amount of energy equivalent to 250 tons of exploding TNT that created the large boom.

Skies across Northeast Ohio lit up with a fireball Tuesday morning, caused by an asteroid weighing about seven tons.

03/13/2026

Here are some ideas you can use to help unite a lost hearing aid with its owner.

03/10/2026

Carl, one of our patients, came across this article online. He found it really helpful and forwarded it to us because he thought others would benefit from it as well. He was right. The article really does address a lot of the questions we get in the office about maintaining hearing aids to keep them working well for as long as possible.

If you're having problems with your hearing aids, try these tips from CR to make your hearing aids last, including cleaning them.

03/06/2026

The results are published! Thank you very much to each person who nominated Great Lakes Audiology and voted in support of Dr. Keifer in 𝙏𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙤 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧'𝙨 "Best of Toledo" 2025 campaign. We took 2nd place this year. Here is a link to the online edition of the paper where you can view results for each of the voting categories. But, thought we'd list just a few of the results here to give you an idea of the Northwest Ohio businesses and organizations people are recommending to their neighbors.

Best Community Festival: Sylvania Fall Festival
Best Candy Store: Boyd's Retro Candy Store
Best Pet Boarding Service: A Walk in the Park
Best Car Detailer: Retro Detailing & Window Tinting
Best Heating and Air Service: Calverley Heating and Cooling, Inc.

Thanks again, so much, for voting!

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03/03/2026

Today is World Hearing Day. The World Health Organization wants to remind people that over 60% of hearing loss cases in children are preventable. They want to remind people to take steps to avoid preventable childhood hearing loss and to identify ear and hearing problems early in life to minimize the negative impacts of hearing loss later in life.

02/27/2026

Great Lakes Audiology turned 13 this week! One common hearing aid issue that patients have had to mange through the years is changing the wax guards (filters) on their hearing aids when the amplification starts to lessen between check-ups. Here's a video tutorial Dr. Keifer created for patients several years ago that's just as helpful now as it was back then. In the video, He shows a great first step to take if ever one of your hearing aids starts to go a little quiet on you. There are variations between wax guard styles depending on the brand of hearing aids you own, but many brands have similar wax guard designs.

Check out this video on how to replace your hearing aid wax guards! Please visit our website glaudiology.com for more tutorials.This video is not endorsed by...

02/25/2026

Great Lakes Audiology opened its doors 13 years ago this week. The goal then and now is to provide:

-highly skilled audiology services to the people in our area,

-with a personal and caring approach,

-in a warm, comfortable, and welcoming environment.

And, we are SO THANKFUL for the wonderful people we've had the privilege of getting to know and work with along the way!

02/17/2026

Jill's experience at our office is an example of the type of care we strive to provide. Thanks, Jill, for letting us know about how pleasant it was working with us and sending us this positive review! We appreciate it!

02/10/2026

Apple recently released their latest software update - iOS version 26.2.1. Updates can sometimes trigger a BT disconnection between your hearing aids and your iPhone. Click on the link below for a refresher on how to get your Phonak hearing aids and phone re-connected if you ever lose your BT or app pairing.

In the event you experience trouble with your connections, please check that your phone’s operating system is up to date then start by turning Bluetooth off and back on again and rebooting your hearing aids. If a problem persists, reboot your phone. Finally, it may be necessary to re-pair your dev...