Hearing Science of Stonestown

02/24/2026

❤️👂 February Sound of the Month: The Heartbeat 👂❤️

“Lub-dub… lub-dub…”

During American Heart Month, we’re celebrating the sound that represents life itself. Your inner ear depends on strong, healthy blood flow — which means your heart health can directly impact your hearing.

If you have high blood pressure, heart disease, or diabetes, regular hearing evaluations are especially important.

This month, show your heart (and your ears) some love. ❤️
📞 Schedule your hearing check with Hearing Science of Stonestown.

Heart Pumping: A Mind-Blowing Animation!Experience the mesmerizing visuals of a human heart pumping in this mind-blowing animation video! Watch as the intric...

02/17/2026

❤️👂 February is American Heart Month — Let’s Talk About Your Heart & Your Hearing! 👂❤️

At Hearing Science of Stonestown, we believe hearing care is whole-person care. And during American Heart Month, it’s the perfect time to highlight an important connection: your cardiovascular health and your hearing health are closely linked.

🫀 The inner ear depends on a strong, healthy blood supply. Because it contains tiny, delicate blood vessels, it can be sensitive to changes in circulation caused by high blood pressure, heart disease, and other cardiovascular conditions.

📊 Research continues to support this connection:

• A large population study published in Scientific Reports found that individuals with cardiovascular disease risk factors — including high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking — were significantly more likely to have hearing loss.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-28599-9

• A recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in PubMed-indexed research concluded that hearing loss and cardiovascular disease are associated more often than would occur by chance alone, suggesting shared vascular mechanisms.
🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38063267/

What does this mean for you?
✔ If you have heart disease, high blood pressure, or diabetes, regular hearing evaluations are especially important.
✔ Changes in hearing can sometimes be an early sign that something vascular may need attention.
✔ Taking care of your heart may also help protect your hearing long term.

This February, we encourage you to think about hearing as part of your overall wellness plan. If it’s been a while since your last hearing check, we’d love to see you.

📞 Call Hearing Science of Stonestown to schedule your appointment or message us here to learn more!

Our findings suggest that HL and CVD are closely related. Physicians treating patients with HL should be cognizant of this association and view HL in the broader context of general health and aging.

01/27/2026

Live music. Live vocals. Live acrobatics.
Add in pure audience astonishment…
and you’ve got January’s sound of the month — Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO in SF.

01/20/2026

🧠👂 Do noisy places wear you out?
That’s not just your ears — it’s your brain working overtime.
Research shows that AI-powered noise management in hearing aids can reduce listening effort in the brain, making conversations easier and less exhausting in noisy environments.
👉 Read the science behind it:
🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41290802/
At Hearing Science of Stonestown, we use evidence-based technology to support clearer hearing and brain health.

There is growing interest in using neuroimaging to understanding listening effort in individuals with hearing loss, with a particular focus on how innovative hearing aid features impact listening effort. This study used functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the neural basis of...

01/14/2026

Here’s a cool little demo showing how hearing aids are improving—not just in sound quality, but in durability too. I actually took a video of this demonstration live back in October when the hearing aid was released, but this video is much better.

01/07/2026

✨ New Year, New Sound ✨

Did you know your ears can hear over 20,000 different frequencies—and your brain processes sound faster than almost any other sense? Pretty amazing! 👂🧠

As we kick off January here in San Francisco, it’s the perfect time to check in on your hearing health. Clear hearing helps you fully enjoy everything—from the waves at Ocean Beach 🌊 to live music and theater 🎶🎭 to house parties with friends.

🎧 Make 2026 the year you tune into life a little better.
Schedule a hearing check and start the year hearing your best!

12/31/2025

As we close out 2025, our hearts are full of gratitude 💙
To our amazing patients, families, and community here in San Francisco—thank you for trusting Hearing Science of Stonestown with your hearing health. It’s been a joy to be part of your journeys, celebrate your milestones, and help you stay connected to the sounds that matter most.
As we welcome the new year, we’re excited to continue serving you with compassionate care, the latest hearing technology, and a whole lot of heart. Here’s to more laughter, clearer conversations, and meaningful moments ahead! ✨
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and sound-filled New Year! 🎉👂

12/23/2025

Here are Phonak’s Top 10 blog posts for 2025! 🎧
Happy Holidays and happy reading!

As 2025 comes to a close, thank you for being part of our Audiology Blog community. Here are ten of this year’s top-read articles, plus a preview of a new ACHIEVE research updates series coming soon.

12/16/2025

December's sound of the month: wine sniffing with friends. Who knew the sound of sniffing wine could be this…crisp?

12/11/2025

Did you know that chronic stress can alter how the brain processes sound? Dive into the how’s and why’s in our latest blog: https://www.starkey.com/blog/articles/2025/11/study-shows-how-constant-stress-can-affect-how-we-hear

11/27/2025

We are grateful for the Hearing Science of Stonestown community. Look, here are some of them now! 😂 Happy Thanksgiving!

11/20/2025

"If it is true that as I'm talking to you bones are moving in your inner ears, I'm physically touching you with my voice" (Knight, 1988, 92). I came across the beautiful quote from poet Etheridge Knight. It is from his essay titled "On the Oral Nature of Poetry"