Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a rare disorder where the patient can go deaf within several days. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus outbreak has led to a dramatic slowdown of patient recruitment and a reprioritization of hospital resources.
The CoronaVirus has turned normal life upside-down. Those of us who spend a considerable portion of our waking hours dealing with hearing aids and hearing issues are constantly concerned about doing things in a fashion that keeps us healthy. The HLAA (Hearing Loss Association of America) has published a list of tips for hearing aid users to maintain healthy hearing
The CoronaVirus affects almost everyone, but it is especially painful for professions like hairdressers and yoga instructors who come into close contact with their patients. Audiologists are similarly affected, and need to proceed carefully. So are their patients, who may need “hands-on” services such as fitting, adjusting, and earwax removal. Buyers of OTC (over the counter) models are better off, because they do not need personal contact. There are somewhat frequent ads for low-priced hearing aids from companies no one has heard of, and are risky purchases. We ourselves have been customers of two products from Sound World Solutions, some years ago it was their CS50+ PSAPs and more recently it was their HD75 hearing aids, which perform very well.