Patient Resources

What Stops Most People from Addressing Their Hearing Challenges? Patients of Visalia Hearing Center Answer
One of the biggest challenges that we face in our industry is how few people know how to take care of their hearing. Each year, we make sure to get our eyesight checked, our teeth cleaned, and our physical health examined, but when was your last hearing test? Hearing...

What Is Tinnitus? | Treatment Options With Visalia Hearing Center
Tinnitus is the perception of a noise with no external source. If you have ever heard a ringing, buzzing, whistling, or fluttering in your ear that doesn’t seem to come from somewhere around you, chances are that you’re dealing with tinnitus. While many individuals...

Don’t Throw Out Those “Broken” Hearing Aids!
Accidents happen. Maybe you took out your hearing aids to shower or swim, but they fell into the water instead of staying out of it. Wax or dust buildup can make sound feel muffled or choppy, and misfitted batteries can lead to feedback or distortion. When these sorts...

Do You Clean Ears at Visalia Hearing Center?
One of the most common questions we get asked by patients and people in our Tulare County community is “Do you clean ears?” The short answer: We do! Earwax, or cerumen, serves to protect our ears from dirt, bacteria, dead skin, and other debris. It’s sticky and a...

Costco vs. Visalia Hearing Center: Where to Go for Hearing Aids
With an entire warehouse of quality, low-priced commodities, including both over the counter and prescriptive hearing aids (and of course delicious thick cut bacon), many individuals will choose Costco’s cheaper price point as their entry into hearing care. Costco is...