By Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., FAAA, ABAC, CH-TM, CDP (About | YouTube | Podcast | LinkedIn) Date Published: July 23, 2026 3:00 PM MDT Every week, someone sits down in my clinic with hearing aids they’ve given up on. They’re frustrated. Their spouse is frustrated. And they say some version of the same thing: “I…
By Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., FAAA, ABAC, CH-TM, CDP (About | YouTube | Podcast | LinkedIn) Date Published: May 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT You just got hearing aids. And instead of feeling like the world opened up, everything sounds strange. Your own voice sounds hollow. The refrigerator is suddenly the loudest thing in…
By Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., FAAA, ABAC, CH-TM, CDP (About | YouTube | Podcast | LinkedIn) Date Published: March 16, 2026 3:30 PM MST Table of Contents You’re wearing your hearing aids. You went through the fitting, the follow-up appointments, the adjustment. Then you sit down at a restaurant with your family and you still can’t follow the conversation. That’s a real…
By Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., FAAA, ABAC, CH-TM, CDP (About | YouTube | Podcast | LinkedIn) Date Published: February 12, 2026 3:30 PM Introduction You lean in for a quiet conversation. Your hearing aid unleashes a piercing squeal that stops everyone mid-sentence. That high-pitched whistle—called acoustic feedback—is one of the most common complaints I hear in our Utah clinics. However, it’s rarely the…
Let us walk you through the seven most common travel mistakes I see, and how you can sidestep every one of them—so your vacation sounds just as incredible as it looks.
Restaurants are some of the toughest places for hearing, even with the best devices. But here’s the good news: with the right strategies, you can take control.
Pairing your hearing aids with your smartphone can be a total game-changer—bringing calls, music, and personalized settings right to your ears
Changing a plugged filter or dome is usually the quickest way to fix a hearing aid that isn’t working.
Have you ever been changing the filter of your Otion hearing aids and the little tail that keeps the speaker in your ear falls off? It can be a little tricky to know how to get it back on.
