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HEALTH & WELLNESS The mental and physical benefits of following a
healthy lifestyle are significant. The following
pages show how consistently healthy choices
lead to a longer life.
Understanding and treating hearing loss
While the causes, types and degrees of hearing additional cost. Fontes also makes lifetime house calls for
loss vary, the symptoms of hearing loss are patients who can’t make it to the office.
essentially the same. People who hear sounds but have
trouble distinguishing words, frequently have to ask “Avoiding hearing loss is impossible, because we’re all
people to repeat themselves, or have to turn up the going to have it one day,” says Fontes. “The best way that
volume when watching TV may suffer from hearing loss. people can take care of their hearing now is to avoid loud
The important thing to do is to determine the extent of noises, loud music and loud TV. They also need to keep
the hearing loss and then identify a treatment program. Q-tips out of their ears. It can turn from a little problem
into a big problem. See your general doctor or audiologist
“At the initial complimentary consultation, patients at least once a year for a cleaning.”
get a full exam. Then I go over with the patient if they
have a hearing loss, and what hearing aids may be the Alex Fontes, ScM-H.L.S.
best fit for them and their lifestyle,” said Alexander Photo by Sarah Evans
Fontes, practitioner at Hear Clear Hearing Center in
Bethlehem. “It’s all about what is best for their lifestyle
and their budget.”
Once a patient receives a hearing aid, it is imperative
that they continue to have it serviced throughout their
lifetime. At Hear Clear Hearing Center, they receive
lifetime checkups on their hearing and their hearing
device, plus lifetime cleanings and batteries at no
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