(Mass Appeal) – Hearing loss can come from any number of different causes. It could be because of your job, you listen to loud music, or simply because of aging. No matter what the reason, there are steps you can take right now to slow hearing loss.
Dr. Christine Kelley is an audiologist and she’s here to talk about some of the things you need to be concerned about when it comes to your hearing health.
The year-end holidays are fast-approaching, and it can be a festive time, with many people busy meal planning and shopping for the perfect gift.
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The year-end holidays are fast approaching and it can be a festive time with many people busy meal planning and shopping for the perfect gift. However, for people with hearing loss it may also be a stressful time with gatherings where it will be difficult to understand conversations with family and friends.
FLORENCE — Florence Hearing Health Care (FHHC), a private audiology clinic serving Western Mass. and beyond, announced that Dr. Christine Kelley has joined the team.
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Dr. Cassandra Falvey of Florence Hearing Health Care joined Kayla Hevey on Mass Appeal to bring awareness to hearing health and the importance of hearing protection for Audiology Awareness Month. Check out the clip above.
Florence Hearing Heath Care was featured in Business West and Health Care News today in celebration of Audiology Awareness Month.
FLORENCE — Florence Hearing Health Care (FHHC) is encouraging people of all ages to prioritize their hearing healthcare during Audiology Awareness Month this October. Florence Hearing is excited to see more people talking about their hearing healthcare this month as Audiology Awareness Month coincides with the launch of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids being made available this month. For full article, click here - Business West | Health Care News
Florence Hearing (FHHC) is encouraging people of all ages to prioritize their hearing healthcare during Audiology Awareness Month, this October. Florence Hearing is excited to see more people talking about their hearing healthcare this month as Audiology Awareness Month coincides with the launch of Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids being made available mid-October.
Thank you to Healthcare News for featuring our latest additions to the team!
FLORENCE — Florence Hearing Health Care (FHHC) recently hired two new team members: Susan Pepin-Phillips, practice manager; and Dr. Cassandra Falvey, audiologist. They join Dr. Jennifer Sowards, audiologist and founder; Dr. Anna Niemi, audiologist; and Robin Verteramo, receptionist.
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We’re thrilled to welcome two new team members to the practice! Practice Manager, Susan Pepin-Phillips, and Audiologist, Cassandra Falvey, Au.D., have joined our team and will support the practice’s mission statement to provide a safe and welcoming clinic for all, to provide hearing health care without a focus on hearing aid sales, and to be the Pioneer Valley's community resource for hearing healthcare.
Dr. Jennifer Sowards joined Ashley Tresoline of Bella Foodie on her show Food for Life last week to discuss Better Hearing and Speech Month. They chatted about how hearing health is a part of health that should not be neglected. Check out the clip here!
What makes a person decide to move into a completely different profession in life when they’ve already spent nearly 20 years in the workforce doing something else? Audiologist Anna Niemi had been working for a small business in Connecticut managing its finances while raising two young children with her husband when she began to feel that something was missing professionally. She enjoyed her work, but there was a desire to see an immediate benefit in peoples' lives that was not possible in her current field. According to Dr. Niemi, "this topic of conversation became so frequent in our household that my husband and I began talking about a return to higher education for me. The thought of returning to college again was both exciting and daunting. There was also the task of deciding exactly which profession to pursue."
Dr. Niemi's son was receiving speech services at the time and the immediate improvement in his communication ability sparked her interest in speech pathology and audiology. As she researched information about possible careers in the field of communication disorders, she completed an observation with an audiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2011. "I was able to see how much of a positive, impactful effect I could have on a person’s life," she says. "Performing an audiological evaluation yielded information that could be used to appropriately diagnose a person's hearing loss and allow the audiologist to recommend the appropriate treatment." The part of audiology that most intrigued her was using the information obtained during a hearing exam to program a set of hearing devices. Dr. Niemi states, "These hearing aids, that were small enough to hold on the tip of your finger, helped vastly improve peoples' communication and quality of life! That day set my life on a new course."
For the last year of her four year doctoral program, Dr. Niemi began looking for a clinic to complete her year long residency under the mentorship of an audiologist. As she explored clinical placements at various facilities, one clinic stood out to her. "I had heard about Florence Hearing Health Care and Dr. Sowards from my classmates and professors," she explains, "Dr. Sowards' personal experience of wearing hearing aids since childhood and her reputation of providing hearing healthcare to her patients with no sales pressure was appealing." Dr. Niemi spent the last year of her clinical rotation working side by side with Dr. Sowards learning ways to diagnose and address different types of hearing loss. After completing her degree requirements she earned her Doctorate in Audiology from the University of Massachusetts and joined the team at Florence Hearing Health Care as a clinical audiologist seeing patients with hearing loss and tinnitus and fitting patients with all makes and models of hearing aids.
Dr. Sowards joins Alanna Flood on WWLP’s Mass Appeal to talk about how to protect your hearing at the track.
Dr. Jennifer Sowards with Florence Hearing Health Care joined Better Western Mass to talk about National Audiology Awareness Month and ways to protect your hearing.
From ways people can prevent hearing loss to starting to take care of your hearing health and protect hearing at a younger age and more, Dr. Sowards sits down with Alyssa McCann and talks about audiology and hearing health care.
Dr. Sowards joins the folks at Mass Appeal to discuss Audiology Awareness Month and what to expect during a hearing exam.
Happy Halloween friends! As we close out another Audiology Awareness Month, we wanted to take a moment to remind you that your hearing health care journey doesn’t have to be spooky! We are here to help you. Don’t wait to make your hearing health care a priority.
If you’re wondering whether it’s time to get your hearing checked, the answer is probably yes! Make your hearing health part of your regular health care routine so that any issues can be addressed promptly. It can be hard to tell whether you have hearing loss until communication becomes difficult, which is why we encourage a baseline hearing test for all adults. The average person waits 7-10 years to address hearing loss, which can impact other areas of their health and wellbeing.
Use hearing protection to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
Get a baseline hearing test by an audiologist by age 50.
Get a hearing test if you notice any changes in your hearing, including ringing in your ears (tinnitus), or have a family history of hearing loss. Treat hearing loss sooner than later as studies show that untreated hearing loss can impact other areas of your health and well-being, and also becomes harder to treat over time.
Florence Hearing Health Care is open Monday - Friday, 9am - 4:30pm.
