MASK POLICY Mandatory use of non-medical mask or face covering within Life Hearing Solutions. We’re taking necessary precautions to help further reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 within the Region of Hamilton. Beginning July 22, 2020, we require all staff, READ MORE
MASK POLICY Mandatory use of non-medical mask or face covering within Life Hearing Solutions. We’re taking necessary precautions to help further reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 within the Region of Halton. Beginning July 22, 2020, we require all staff, READ MORE
Dementia Dementia is an umbrella term for a set of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain. Symptoms include memory loss, and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. These symptoms can be severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to READ MORE
Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Pure tone audiometry (PTA) is the key hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an individual, enabling determination of the degree, type, and configuration of a person’s hearing loss. PTA is a subjective, behavioural READ MORE
Auditory Processing Disorder, or APD, is a catch-all term for hearing difficulties caused by central processing disorders. In most cases, a person’s ability to hear and understand speech in noise is compromised, even if they have a completely normal audiogram. READ MORE
Hearing is the process by which the ear transforms sound vibrations in one’s external environment into nerve impulses sent to the brain, which interprets them as sounds. When vibrating objects produce pressure pulses of vibrating air molecules, otherwise known as READ MORE
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) occurs when there is damage to the structures of the inner ear (cochlea). It’s generally permanent and the loss can be mild, moderate, severe, profound, or total. Sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by age, disease, READ MORE