Recent developments in some hearing aid technology provides the ability to have firmware upgrades. This allows the client to upgrade the features of their hearing aids as the manufacturers make improvements and introduce new technology.One of our favorite hearing aids – the Widex Moment, allows for those firmware upgrades. Below are the steps to update […]

Hearing Loss Prevention and Music   May 23, 2019 Marshall Chasin Of the many causes of permanent hearing loss, the one that is most preventable is noise and music exposure.  Although music and noise appear to be quite different; one being a good thing and the other, less good, both have a similar (but not […]

  On October 19, 2016, The Team at Marco were honored with the Sydney Area Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Customer Service Award.  This award is presented to a business or organization that exemplifies overall excellence in customer service. At Marco, we want to make sure each client leaves our office doing better, and happy with […]

Good news: the CHHA (Canadian Hard of Hearing Association) is holding their National Conference in Halifax this year. It will be at the Westin Hotel from May 21-23. For information on the Conference, visit CHHA

An audio (induction) loop is a wire loop (or thin loop pad) attached to an amplifier. It creates a magnetic field that broadcasts sound, in pure, undistorted form, directly to people who are within the loop and have a hearing aid containing a telecoil. Aliant Pioneer Volunteers donate their time to install “audio loops” to […]

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