It’s no big secret that hearing aids are expensive. In the Bay Area, prices for a pair of the highest-level technology hearing aids can exceed $8000! It is this seemingly exorbitant price that encouraged ‘Big Box’ stores (Costco, Sam’s Club,...
You’ve known for a while that you don’t hear as well as you used to, but you’ve been getting by. However, your family or friends may be ‘suggesting’ you go get your hearing checked. ou’re finding it harder to enjoy television or...
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is a public health issue that affects millions of people every year. It is an equal opportunity problem, affecting all ages. It doesn’t distinguish between skin color, sexual orientation, rich or poor. Because we live in the...
What we put into our bodies, from food/drinks to prescription/non-prescription medications, affects how our bodies work. From a young age, we are taught to eat healthfully-carrots for good eyesight, spinach for building muscle, drinking milk for strong bones, etc. But...
Late last year, we had a couple of patients postpone their evaluation of amplification because they wanted to wait to see if Medicare would pay for some/all of their expenses. This was because of legislation that was wending its way through Congress. On November 19,...
Dear Berkeley Hearing Center Family, Given the recent surge of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, we wanted to share with you the renewed precautions that we are taking in the office to keep you (and all of us) safe. Our collective safety is the top...
