by Dr. Evonne Serpa | Mar 5, 2023 | Blog, Education, Hearing Tips
Tinnitus is a condition where an individual hears sounds in their ears or head that are not caused by an external source. The sound can vary from person to person and can be described as ringing, buzzing, hissing, whistling, or clicking. 10-15% of Americans [about 50... 
by Dr. Evonne Serpa | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog, Education, Hearing Tips
On August 16, 2022,The Food and Drug Administration released its long-awaited regulations for over-the-counter hearing aids. The regulations were written to create a category for non-prescription devices (that was proposed in 2017), as well as to clean up and amend... 
by Dr. Evonne Serpa | Aug 29, 2022 | Blog, Education, Hearing Tips
On August 16, 2022 The Food and Drug Administration released its long-awaited regulations for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The regulations were written to create a category for non-prescription devices (that was proposed in 2017), as well as to clean up and... 
by Dr. Evonne Serpa | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog, Education, Hearing Tips, Uncategorized
1) “I can hear, but I can’t understand you because you’re mumbling!” This complaint is the most common one I hear! Most times, the perception of mumbling is caused by high-frequency hearing loss, the most common. Someone with high-frequency hearing loss... 
by Dr. Evonne Serpa | Jun 3, 2022 | Blog, Education, Hearing Tips, Uncategorized
In a recent poll conducted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Millennials to Baby Boomers agree that society is too noisy.1 Employees in noisy workplaces are twice as likely to suffer hearing loss but according to the CDC’s February 2017 Morbidity...
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