Chelsea Based Expert Encourages Action on Hearing Loss This May for Better Hearing and Speech Month

May 26, 2022 | Events, Hearing, News

May is national Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM), and (Chelsea)-based audiologist (Dr. Michelle Rankin, Rankin Audiology and Hearing) is using this important observance to encourage residents to have their hearing tested—and take action if they have hearing...

Protect Your Hearing and Your Children’s

Mar 7, 2022 | Hearing

At Rankin Audiology and Hearing we’d like to protect you from hearing loss. We want to prevent you from being one of a billion people worldwide between the ages of 18-35 who are at risk of permanent hearing loss due to noisy technology. We can provide you with smart,...

Music and Memory

Dec 7, 2021 | Hearing Aids

Music can activate more parts of the brain than any other stimuli we experience. It is the last part of our brain that Alzheimer/dementia can touch. When music has meaning to us and is attached to a particular memory it acts like a gateway to stimulate pathways in the...

Hearing And Your Brain

Dec 1, 2021 | Hearing, News

Think of hearing as a partnership between your ears and your brain. When you are engaged in conversation, it is your brain that processes the incoming sound from your ears which is interpreted as meaningful speech. We truly hear with our brain and our ears are the...

The Journey to Better Hearing

Nov 23, 2021 | Audiology, Hearing

Identifying and treating hearing loss is a journey. Audiologists strive to understand where each person is on that journey to ensure we are making recommendations for the individual and not just based on what the hearing test shows. Stages of the Journey to Better...