Free Hearing Screenings for National Kidney Month in Palo Alto!

March is National Kidney Month and March 8 is World Kidney Day.  We bring this to your attention because hearing loss commonly coexists with chronic kidney disease (CKD), chronic renal failure, and other kidney diseases. People with CKD and other diseases of the kidney are encouraged to make hearing checks a routine part of their medical care.

As published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, and highlighted on the National Kidney Foundation web site, a team of Australian researchers found that older adults with moderate chronic kidney disease have a higher prevalence of hearing loss than those of the same age without CKD.

These research findings, along with other documented studies, underscore the importance of making hearing checks a routine part of the medical care of people with kidney disease.

We hope you’ll celebrate National Kidney Month with us by calling for your free hearing consultation: (650) 322-0384

Better Hearing Center of Palo Alto

480 Lytton Avenue, Suite 1
Palo Alto, CA 94301 (map)

Hearing loss and how it relates to mental problems…

A definitive relationship between a person with hearing loss and their risk of developing mental problems is shown in this

Mark Sanford, President of CSG Better Hearing, Inc.

research/article.  This has been evident to me in my 26 year audiology and hearing aid dispensing career.  The longer a person with hearing loss waits to get help, the more their quality of life will suffer both mentally as well as in relationships with family and friends.  The chances of developing dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, or some other mental problem are also increased.

Read the article at BetterHearingPaloAlto.com or as it originally appeared on the NY Times blog.

BetterHearingPaloAlto.com

Phone: (650) 322-0384

480 Lytton Avenue, Suite 1
Palo Alto, CA 94301 (map)

Deter Dementia with Musical Training!

Here is another study showing the importance of hearing in adulthood.  Exercising our muscles is important to keep them functioning well.  Think of hearing as a muscle that needs to be exercised to maintain function.  Musicians are exercising their hearing muscles on a regular basis which trains them to have ears that are in better shape than someone who is not a musician.

Responding to hearing loss is essential.  If an adult doesn’t do anything about hearing loss, the hearing system will deteriorate, which is proving to increase the likelihood of diseases like Alzheimer’s, depression, mental incapacity, senility, and withdrawal. -Mark Sanford, President of CSG Better Hearing

Read the full article in the Monterey Herald reported by Lee Bowman of Scripps Howard News Service on October 9, 2011.

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Better Hearing Center of Palo Alto

480 Lytton Avenue, Suite 1
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 322-0384
Fax: (650) 322-2302