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The last few years have changed us all. A global pandemic, economic instability, and fragile mental health reshaped our world, leaving no life untouched. We emerged from those uncertain times with scars—some visible, others buried deep—and many of us faced profound losses: loved ones, livelihoods, the sense of stability we once took for granted.

Communication. It’s really not just about what is spoken and heard. It’s about what we see, what we learn and the experiences that we have. Each individual variable – speech, hearing, cognition, vision, etc – adds to overall communication and helps to convey something: A message. A thought. An issue. An experience. An event. An

It’s snowing in the NYC area – one of the last snows we will experience in the winter of 2018-2019. If you stand back, you can enjoy the beauty of the day and the season. Of course, we can make the most out of our experience and give attention to our hearing health too. Here

It is finally December – the last act of the 12-part play before we take a curtain call and move forward to the next production. In other words, it’s our last opportunity to piece together everything we want from the year that’s about to end. But what is it that we want most? Hint: it

One of the most beautiful sounds of the season and of the Rosh Hashanah holiday: the sounding of the shofar. Shofars are most typically the horns of domestic rams from the Greater Kudu of eastern and southern Africa. There are four sounds, performed in succession: 1 long sound 3 broken notes At least 8

For the entirety of the week, it’s been hard to avoid the question: Is it Yanny or is it Laurel? More importantly – why do people hear this sound clip differently? Short answer: Our ears help us hear; Our brains help us discriminate, process and understand. The true answer is actually multifold. Following some of

**Inspired by the Four Questions of Passover** At all other Audiology practices, diagnostics include octaves between 250Hz-8000Hz, with some testing of inter-octave pitches (if we’re lucky).

For most of us, the impact of Daylight Saving Time on the body is a temporary existence. The fatigue and disorientation that the body experiences readjusts within a week or so, for the most part. But for people with cognitive impairments, who are so sensitive to changes in time and environment, the effects of Daylight

Do you have more trouble than usual hearing and understanding today? Are you more tired, sluggish and less productive than usual today? If so, it’s not surprising. The loss of an hour of sleep can interrupt our body clock significantly,

Hearing: one of the most important skills we need to be able to engage in conversation, to understand, to express ourselves and to ensure that our message is being communicated and understood. A hearing loss will interrupt that cycle, making it difficult to thrive in our relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. The presence of

The new year is not even a week old and we have all reconvened in our regular lives: returning back to work, school and our everyday activities. The decorations are being put away, the holiday cookies eaten, family has gone home from visiting, and we have settled back into normal routines. It’s a New Year