5 Common Hearing Aid Problems and How to Fix Them
If your hearing aids still feel noisy, uncomfortable, frustrating, or not helpful enough, it can be easy to wonder whether you bought the wrong devices — or whether hearing aids just do not work for y...
18 Syys 11min
Hearing Your Heartbeat in Your Ear? What It Means
A rhythmic whooshing or thumping sound timed to your pulse is a different clinical presentation than standard ringing tinnitus — and it deserves a different evaluation. Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., found...
15 Syys 8min
Sound Preference Testing: What It Reveals
More than one in three people who invest in hearing aids stop wearing them regularly. Dr. Garrett makes the case that this outcome is almost entirely predictable — and preventable — with two steps mos...
11 Syys 9min
The Tinnitus-Antidepressant Connection: A Clinician's Take
A 2026 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified a direct neural pathway from serotonin-producing brainstem neurons to a key auditory relay station. Activating ...
8 Syys 9min
Treating Hearing Loss Before 70: Why Timing Matters
A major 7-year study just found that hearing aids significantly reduced dementia risk — but didn't improve memory test scores. This week, Dr. Garrett unpacks why those findings aren't in conflict, and...
4 Syys 8min
Why Tinnitus Gets Worse on Headache Days
Most tinnitus patients who also have migraines have never been told the two are related — let alone that one may be driving the other. In this episode, Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., FAAA, CH-TM explains t...
1 Syys 9min
Why Two Hearing Aids Are Better Than One (The Neuroscience Explained)
Being told you need two hearing aids instead of one can raise an honest question: is this actually necessary, or is it just an upsell? It's a fair thing to wonder, especially when hearing aids represe...
28 Elo 9min
Tinnitus Explained: Why It Starts and What Helps
Tinnitus can feel confusing, frustrating, and deeply isolating — especially when someone has been told to "just ignore it" or "learn to live with it." In this episode, Dr. Layne Garrett of Timpanogos ...
25 Elo 11min
