June 10, 2026

Insights for Your Hearing Health

Get trusted tips, insights, and hearing health updates from your hearing care team.

Whether you’re exploring solutions for the first time or a long-time hearing aid user, our experts at Colonial Center for Hearing Audiology are here to offer advice and resources to support your journey.

How to Become a Better Communicator Despite Hearing Loss

Communication is reliably reported as one of the most—if not the most—crucial factors to building and sustaining healthy relationships. According to the PBS program The Emotional Life: “How couples behave when solving problems together or arguing can predict the character and success of their relationship. A raised eyebrow, a hand on the arm, or a

How Modern Hearing Aids Can Save Your Holiday Season

Dealing with hearing loss during the holiday season can be particularly challenging. While you may honestly prefer to NOT hear a few of your family members, the conversations you do wish to indulge in can be stressful. And because nearly all large holiday gatherings tend to be loud, it can be near impossible to focus

Do I Need Two Hearing Aids or One?

Are two hearing aids better than one? If you’re hunting for the short answer, then yes, the majority of cases of hearing loss are ideally treated with two hearing aids. If you want to know why, or are interested about why we have two ears in the first place, then continue reading. The Advantages of

Why Hearing Aids Make You Happier Than Winning the Lottery

Supposing that you have hearing loss, what’s most likely to make you happy? A) Winning the lottery, or B) Purchasing a new set of hearing aids It might appear obvious to you that the answer is A, but research on happiness conveys a quite different story. To begin with, most people do tend to THINK

The Alarming Hearing Loss Statistics You Need to Know About

Far too many times, we hear people state that hearing loss only impacts “old people,” that it’s just a natural part of getting old, or that it’s generally an uncommon condition. These statements couldn’t be further from the truth. Here are statistics you should know about: Prevalence of hearing loss in the United States Hearing

5 Good Reasons to Get a Hearing Test

In the US, about 37.5 million adults have some amount of hearing loss. Yet according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), merely 20 percent of those who could benefit from hearing aids actually use them. That suggests that millions of Americans who could improve their life with better hearing decide not to do so.

4 Important Sounds You’re Missing With Hearing Loss

Here’s one thing most people are surprised to discover: in the majority of cases of hearing loss, people can hear a number of sounds just fine, and have difficulty only with select sounds. Specifically, if you have trouble only with high-pitched sounds, you may suffer from the most common type of hearing loss, called high-frequency

The Health Benefits of Better Hearing

It’s commonly said that we don’t fully appreciate the things we have until they’re gone, and this appears to be specifically true of our ability to hear. Hearing loss is not only hard to detect; it’s also difficult to appreciate just how much hearing improves our lives. As one of our major senses, along with

6 Encouraging Things Wearing Hearing Aids Says About You

It remains a mystery as to why wearing a pair of glasses—which correct vision impairment—is perceived as a sign of intelligence, while wearing hearing aids—which correct hearing impairment—has been perceived as a sign of old age. Maybe it’s about time the stigma of hearing loss is reversed, and we redefine what it means for our

4 Reasons to Upgrade Your Hearing Aids

When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a popular question we hear from our patients, and the answer requires some thought. While hearing aids typically have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are a few circumstances in which you may want to upgrade sooner. Here are 4 reasons you may want to consider

10 Cool Ways to Control Your Hearing Aids With the Apple Watch

Picture being able to regulate the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and effortlessly as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any listening situation without ever having to touch your hearing aids. Sound too good to be true? A few years ago, it was;

Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Treat Your Hearing Loss

We all procrastinate, regularly talking ourselves out of challenging or uncomfortable activities in favor of something more pleasurable or fun. Distractions abound as we tell ourselves that we will eventually get around to whatever we’re currently working to avoid. Sometimes, procrastination is fairly harmless. We might desire to clean out the basement, for example, by