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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Better Hearing And Speech month than by getting your hearing tested. Did you know that 25% of people with hearing loss don’t seek help for their hearing? Did you know that on average it takes 7 years for someone who has been diagnosed with hearing loss to finally get help. Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) ages 18 and older report some trouble hearing, according to government data. Although nearly all newborns are getting their hearing screened, many who are flagged with a potential hearing problem are not getting the follow-up care that they need. When it comes to adults, only approximately 1 in 7 (14%) over the age of 50 with a hearing loss who could benefit from amplification uses a hearing aid.
Unaddressed hearing loss can affect people across the lifespan in the following ways:
Impact on Young Children’s Development: Hearing is critical to language, speech, and cognitive development and can impact communication and learning. Areas of development that hearing loss may affect if early intervention does not occur can include vocabulary, sentence structure, sound production and understanding speech.
Impact on School-Age Children: Children who have hearing loss that is left unaddressed can have problems with academics (may include problems with language arts and vocabulary; delays in reading, spelling, math, and problem solving; and lower scores on achievement and verbal IQ tests); behavior and social interactions (may include problems working in groups); and communication (may experience delays and/or difficulty with tasks involving language production and comprehension and/or memory).
Impact on Adults: Hearing loss can affect every area of an adult’s life, including physical health, mental health, career success, social life, personal relationships, and overall quality of life. A serious condition on its own, it is associated with other conditions, as well, including dementia, diabetes, falls, and depression.
Audiologists diagnose, treat, and help people manage their hearing loss
Call The Hearing Group today at 973-542-4031 to schedule your hearing test.
Please join our office at Calabria’s Restaurant in Livingston, NJ on Thursday May 16th beginning at 6:00 PM for a dinner and listen. Natalye Faison, a representative from Phonak, will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate the new Audeo Marvel. The Phonak Audeo Marvel features better speech understanding in noise, reduced listening effort and top rated streamed sound quality to both Android and iPhone. Please call our office at 973-542-4031 to reserve you spot. Space is limited for this event.
In hearing care, there are some rules you never break. For Dr. Hershon and Dr. Knapp of The Hearing Group in West Orange, NJ face-to-face consultations, professionally administered hearing checks and follow-up care that ensures patient satisfaction are the foundation of their success in caring for West Orange and Essex County residents. Staying attuned to breakthrough hearing technologies that will benefit new and existing patients is also central to their approach to quality hearing healthcare.
Dr. Hershon and Dr. Knapp are among the first US hearing care professionals to offer Oticon Opn S™, a groundbreaking new hearing aid that allows people with hearing loss to experience speech understanding in difficult listening situations, such as restaurants or social gatherings, at the level of people with normal hearing.*
“Opn S hearing aids push the boundaries of what you can expect from a hearing aid to make a tremendous difference in how you hear and participate in life,” explains Dr. Hershon “Ultra-fast sound processing opens up a rich, 360-degree world of sound so you can follow conversations in a group of people and focus on what’s important to you, even in noisy environments. And when you need extra help in especially noisy situations, Opn S lets you ‘boost’ the support you receive – whenever you feel you need it.”
This small, discreet hearing aid features Oticon’s exclusive BrainHearing™ technology to provide unprecedented access to the details of speech that helps the brain make sense of sound. People won’t have to work as hard to hear, so they’ll feel less stress and will be more likely to join in conversations.
“Staying connected is increasingly important today,” says Dr. Knapp. “Opn S connects wirelessly to iPhone® so you can stream audio or music right to your hearing aids. A TV Adapter lets you turn your hearing aids into wireless headphones so you can enjoy TV with family and friends at a volume that’s comfortable for everyone.”
Kaitlin Shaw, BC-HIS points out that people who want the convenience of rechargeable batteries can choose Opn S, which offers a state-of-the-art rechargeable lithium-ion solution. An easy overnight charge provides a full-day of listening power.**
To learn more about hearing health and the new Oticon Opn S family of hearing aids, contact The Hearing Group at 973-542-4031.
* Juul Jensen 2018, Oticon Whitepaper, Oticon Opn S 1
** Lithium-ion battery performance varies depending on hearing loss, lifestyle and streaming behavior.
iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Please join us on Monday February 12, Tuesday February 13 or Wednesday February 14 for a complimentary hearing screening and demonstration of Phonak’s newest hearing aid the Audeo Marvel. The Audeo Marvel provides for exceptional sound quality, better speech understanding in noise, reduced listening effort in noise and has top rated streaming quality. This hearing aid is a receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) style hearing aid and is available in a rechargeable model as well. Lastly the Phonak Audeo Marvel can connect directly to both iPhone and Android smart phones. Please call our office for more information or to schedule an appointment at 973-542-4031.
Pleased join us Tuesday January 15th, Wednesday January 16th or Thursday January 17th 2019 for a complimentary hearing consultation and demonstration of the Oticon Opn hearing device. Oticon’s Opn line features a mini RITE with a rechargeable option, a mini RITE with telecoil, a power behind the ear hearing aid and custom made In-The Ear style hearing aids down to the smallest IIC. The telecoil feature allows for easier communication over a landline telephone and enables the user to hear better in a looped environment such as a theater or house of worship. The new power hearing aid – OPN BTE 13PP – is a power plus hearing aid meant for people with severe to profound hearing loss and also includes a telecoil. Lastly, Oticon has a rechargeable kit for use with the OPN mini RITE hearing aid. No more changing batteries! A single over night charge can provide up to 19 hours of use. If you currently use the OPN mini RITE hearing aids they can easily be converted to use rechargeable batteries. What a great option for our patients with dexterity issues or for those who would rather not change the batteries weekly. All of the Opn hearing aids are made for iPhone, meaning the hearing aids connect directly to any Apple product without the need for a streaming device. To find out more about these great new devices call our office at 973-542-4031 to schedule your complimentary hearing consultation and demonstration.
Dr. Robbi Hershon has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce for 2019. The West Orange Chamber of Commerce fosters relationships among business owners and people looking to do business within the town.
All of us at The Hearing Group would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As we look back at 2018, we are grateful for the patients we have served. May 2019 be filled with health, happiness and prosperity.
Dr. Hershon, Dr, knapp, Katie and Destiny
The Hearing Group has received the Silver Medal for Best Audiology Practice in Essex County. Thank you to the readers of Suburban Essex Magazine for this honor.
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