We hope you’ve been enjoying our monthly Love Local feature that we introduced back in January 2022. The idea behind this feature is to raise our voices for our favorite businesses in the South Shore and Southeast Massachusetts communities – there are many incredible...
Alicia L. O'Sullivan, Au.D.
Does Tufts Insurance Cover Hearing Aids?
Unfortunately, people tend to neglect or delay treating a hearing loss for six to ten years. One of the biggest reasons for this is due to common misconceptions surrounding the investment involved in getting hearing aids. Yes, hearing aids might seem expensive when...
Do You Need an Earwax Removal Appointment?
Have your ears been feeling like they are clogged or full? Or has your hearing sounded muffled or mumbled? If your ears feel blocked up and you haven’t been swimming lately, the likely culprit is a buildup of earwax. A natural response is to try and remove it...
Prescription Hearing Aids vs. OTC Hearing Aids
In October 2021, following President Biden’s Executive Order in July, the FDA released its proposed regulations for selling over-the-counter hearing aids. The goal of making these available through retail outlets is to make hearing aids more accessible and affordable...
Links between Tinnitus, Hearing Loss & COVID19
The COVID19 coronavirus has changed global reality in ways we never could have expected. After over a year of social distancing, the highly contagious nature of the virus remains a threat, and public health officials continue to seek the best way to reduce the risks...
4 Ways To Protect Your Hearing
Of all the forms of hearing loss, only one is 100% preventable. It also happens to be one of the most common. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a type of sensorineural hearing loss. This means it affects the hearing nerves which receive the sound which is carried...