We are excited to bring you the latest clinically proven tech! Cognitive decline has a known link to many modifiable factors, including hearing decline, and early intervention leads to best outcomes. An accurate cognitive screening can help identify your cognitive performance and guide the next steps for better brain health. Our Doctors have been very impressed by this new tool! …
Pets can be helpful in tinnitus therapy: Caring for a pet and their companionship is shown to reduce stress/anxiety and improve mood. Pets not only show empathy and can understand our emotions, but also show sympathy, a desire to comfort others in emotional distress. Our experience is that ‘pet therapy’ works wonders as supplemental tinnitus therapy! Punkin Pat” was a …
“What if listening to music with headphones that cool your ears can prevent hearing loss from chemo drugs?” Hearing loss and tinnitus from chemotherapy treatments have been a widely accepted side-effect in the battle with cancer. Drs. Crossland and Dokianakis are attending The American Academy of Audiology conference (online for 2021) and have been learning the latest in audiologic assessment, …
We were excited to find out that Dr. Dokianakis was quoted on two WebMD articles! Congratulations for the recognition Dr. D! “Are Hearing Aids the Best Hearing Loss Treatment?”“How to Find Cheap Hearing Aids that Work!”
..with some exceptions! We can help you hear better, reduce your tinnitus, improve your sound tolerance and best protect your hearing from loud sounds. Independent and with access to all device manufacturers, we use evidence based methods to deliver the best possible results with core values for a caring patient centered approach. Now with online scheduling at holaud.online!
Dr. Dokianakis, who has worked with occupational and workers’ compesation hearing loss cases for over 20 years, was recently quoted in this HealthyHearing article. Workplace hearing loss is something we take very seriously and can help you avoid it, improve your hearing, reduce tinnitus and, if applicable, help with compensation issues.
Love the idea of helping people hear better? OwlGuru has an amazing website for all professions and recently published Dr. Dokianakis’s perspective on the profession. If you are local and interested in Audiology (or if you are someone with hearing problems) consider applying for our Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area scholarship. If you think that helping people with hearing …
On the job hearing loss and tinnitus are work related injuries that are not always obvious. While in some cases there is a clearly defined problem onset (e.g., head injury or acoustic trauma from an exposure to a sudden extremely loud sound) in most cases hearing loss develops over time, from prolonged exposure to hazardous noise levels. Hearing loss can …
What if we had a really powerful computer to help us better understand speech in noise? Hearing aids can provide amazing improvements for understanding speech in noise. Still there are limitations: increasing levels of what you want to hear can bring up sounds you don’t want to hear. Even though digital devices have come a long way, we are still …
I recently had the pleasure of talking to Central Michigan University Students about Audiology as a carreer choice. I received lots of great questions about what we do, so I wanted to share some more information. As Doctors of Audiology, the most common appointment we have is for hearing testing. Patients may schedule directly because they have hearing difficulties, or …