Patient Resources
Adjusting the Volume on Your Hearing Device
Hearing aids are truly miraculous little devices that can vastly improve your daily hearing experience in a variety of settings. Be it a busy street or a quiet café – they can help you adjust with ease to all the varying degrees of noise you find in your daily life....
Hearing Loss and COVID-19: What Is the Connection?
The effects of COVID-19 have not decreased even as its spread slows. The virus continues to affect different people in a variety of ways. Several additional critical health conditions, which reach beyond the commonly identified symptoms and effects of Coronavirus,...
August 2020’s Hearing Health Awareness Month: What We Learned
During August 2020, we proudly waved the flag for healthy hearing by hosting “Hearing Health Awareness Month” across our 3 locations in West Texas. With the challenges of 2020 resulting in so many of us now wearing face masks, so many people are realizing just how...
How You Hear With Your Brain
The human brain is an incredible organ for many reasons, but especially when it comes to learning new things. Have you ever heard the word neuroplasticity as it relates to the brain? This term means that the brain is malleable or bendable like plastic and capable of...
What Happens at A Hearing Assessment? | Hearing Health Awareness Month
During Hearing Health Awareness Month, the team has been working hard to give you further insights into how to achieve improved hearing. One of the essential first steps on this journey is receiving a full hearing assessment. But the truth is, not many people know...
Why Should I Treat A Hearing Loss If It’s Not Hugely Impacting My Life? | Hearing Health Awareness Month
A frequently discussed topic around family dinner tables is why someone should treat a hearing loss when they don’t think it’s a problem. The answer is an untreated hearing loss won’t just lead to a long-term decline in one of your primary senses. It also has a range...
Why Do So Many People Have an Untreated Hearing Loss? | Hearing Health Awareness Month
During Hearing Health Awareness Month, the team has been spreading the word throughout Lubbock, Big Spring, and Snyder about the fantastic hearing loss treatments available today. But crucially, our doctors of audiology can only assist those who ask for their help....
Buying Hearing Aids from Costco Vs. Cornerstone Audiology – What’s the Difference?
With a Costco just a few miles away from our main office in Lubbock, we regularly receive phone calls asking: “What’s the difference between buying hearing aids from you compared to buying them from Costco?” With so many important differences, this article will help...
Face Masks and Hearing Loss: a Global Challenge
Hearing loss reaches beyond communication problems and contributes to other physical and mental health problems, which include depression and anxiety, reduced social interaction or isolation, and can add to the risk of dementia. Additional consequences include a...
Apple Introduces iOS14 with an Amazing Sound Recognition Function
Apple announced the iOS14 at its annual WWDC Keynote on June 23rd. An impressive little feature that packs a real punch is its sound recognition capability. This technology could be an incredible boon to iPhone users who have difficulty hearing. Apple has already been...