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We had so many wonderful nominations for our Hear for the Holidays campaign at Pacific Hearing Service. There are always so many deserving people on our list, making it very difficult to choose a winner. But this year, Rosa Raffington’s nomination stood out from the...
The outer ear consists of the pinna (what you see) and the ear canal (what you don’t see). Both comprise the sound gateway to the tympanic membrane (eardrum.) The outer ear, or pinna, collects sound which then travels down the ear canal resulting in vibrations to the...
Following precautions & guidelines, we currently have meticulous COVID-19 protocols in place to protect you, other patients, and our team. This includes the Pacific Hearing Service 8-step approach. To stay up to date with the latest CDC government guidelines in...
Most of us can’t see grass growing, but we can recognize when it is time to get out the lawnmower. Just like growing grass, identifying hearing loss comes on so slowly that most people have no idea they have a problem until it becomes a severe one. The sad thing is...
This article was originally written for the Hearing Journal's 3-part series on Humanitarian Audiology and is a direct copy of the article. Part One: Helping Others Gave Me So Much More Burnout. Stress. Disillusion. It can happen to anyone who is working hard to...
Many of our Silicon Valley patients are well acquainted with the delicate nature of the micro-digital technology included in hearing aids. The ton of tiny mechanical and electrical components built into today’s hearing aids requires a lot of special care to ensure...
About 15% of the adult US population experiences some form of hearing loss. That’s 48 million people, so hearing loss is very common, with men twice as likely to have it as women. People associate hearing loss with old age, but people of all ages can experience...
Our seasonal competition, Hear for the Holidays, was launched back in November. It gave local residents the chance to nominate someone special whom they think is deserving of hearing care. With an overwhelming 93 nominations sent in, we were stunned by the endearing...
In hearing care clinics up and down the country, October is a special time, as it’s National Audiology Awareness Month. At Pacific Hearing Service, this means that our audiologists will be letting more people know why their expertise is essential for diagnosing and...
At Pacific Hearing Service, we continually strive to offer the best in hearing technology and are always looking for new ways to improve our service to patients. We've recently had a helping hand in achieving this, as hearing aid manufacturer, Widex, contacted us to...