Hear Well, Live Well
At Peninsula Hearing Center, Dr. Dena Riso works with patients who have experienced hearing loss due to natural causes: disease as well as advanced years. She also works with patients who have hearing loss due to an entirely preventable cause: exposure to loud noise. Your valuable hearing is a precious resource that should be protected…
Tinnitus (from the Latin tinnitus or “ringing”) is a condition characterized by ringing, hissing, or other noises that appear to be originating in the ear or head. Tinnitus is not normally a dangerous or serious problem. It is usually a symptom of some other underlying condition and most often considered a nuisance. Age-related hearing loss,…
At Peninsula Hearing Center, our mission is to protect and preserve your hearing. Dr. Dena Riso, Au.D. is your audiologist partner in education, diagnosis and care. We know that there are different kinds of hearing-related services available to you, and we want you to understand why and how they are different. “Hearing aid specialists” and…
The Baby Boomers are one of the most celebrated and controversial generations in American history. They lived through the turbulent 1960s, and witnessed massive social, political and economic changes as the grew into adulthood. Today, this group of 76 million Americans will enjoy a life expectancy likely to pass 100 just as the last of…
Understanding the mechanics of hearing loss is a complicated challenge. Many factors are responsible for converting vibrations in the air to understandable speech. Physical distress and damage to hearing mechanisms as well as psychological factors are all elements in hearing impairment. Recently, researchers at Purdue’s Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences recognized the influence…
Next time you’re at a playground and see youngsters playing on a swingset, you’ve seen the some of the inspiration for the next generation of electro-mechanical hearing aid technology. Drs. Elizabeth Olson and Wei Dong, both from Columbia University, have studied how the cochlea amplifies and processes sounds. Their findings may lead to improved devices…
One in six people worldwide are affected by hearing loss. That’s a huge number. When hearing loss becomes part of your working environment, the consequences are profound. Group interaction, phone calls, information exchange — all vital aspects of communication on the job are affected. A recent survey of more than 4,300 hearing aid wearers in…
The senses connect us to our world. Through them we stay safe, express ourselves, enjoy life, and learn about our world. Our hearing sense plays a large role in this respect. Without it we miss the subtleties and excitement of learning. This is especially true for children who experience a hearing loss, making early measurement,…
Unlike all of our other senses, we have no direct line of sight into our ears. What goes on in there tends to stay “out of sight and out of mind.” Except, of course, when we have pain or hearing loss. And then there’s earwax. Most of us spend as much time contemplating our earwax…