Training your auditory system

Posted in General on March 25, 2010

Today I want to review a topic I've covered before: the ability to train our auditory (listening) systems. The LACE is a home study program that we have offered for over a year now. I wonder how many feel it is only for those who wear hearing aids. Of course those with damage to this area to the point that hearing aids are recommended show tremendous improvements in speech understanding in noise with auditory training, but those who are not yet ready for hearing aids also show

WOW event

Posted in General on March 23, 2010

This week is our special two day event to introduce the InSound Medical device "WOW" to patients who are interested. There are still open slots on THURS March 25th for those who have not reserved their time!

This technology is meant for those who have avoided hearing aids due to sound quality and/or cosmetic reasons. Those with limited dexterity will enjoy the ease of listening without the daily upkeep of traditional hearing aids. The WOW sits deep in the ear canal and is left

Fillers Erase Six to Nine Years

Posted in General on March 18, 2010

Injectable fillers can help erase roughly six to nine years from a patient’s perceived age, as new research (Dermatologic Surgery 36(3):322-328) showed. Findings were based on blinded analysis of photos of patients taken at baseline and two and four weeks post-injection. A total of 10 women who had not had laser treatment or Hyaluronic acid (Perlane, Restylane, Juvederm) fillers in the previous six months or semi-permanent fillers in the previous year were injected with 6-8ml of HA

Sclerotherapy in the spring

Posted in General on March 8, 2010

Now is the time to get your legs ready for summer. Those of you who are embarrassed to show your legs in shorts or skirts because of those veins on your legs should consider sclerotherapy. A simple 30 minute procedure can improve the appearance of the veins by shrinking them or causing them to disappear completely.

In our clinic, this procedure is for people (men or women) with small spider veins: anyone with larger veins or veins that stick out should see a vascular surgeon

They sell only the sizzle but not the steak

Posted in General on March 4, 2010

It is becoming popular for franchise-type purveyors of "cosmetic surgical procedures" to heavily market themselves. These facilities often have no state licensing, have no reputation in the community, sometimes have unknown doctors that fly in from another state, have been in practice for less than 3 years, and more often than not, have doctors that are not board certified in cosmetic surgery (or often no doctor at all at the facility.)

Washington state does not regulate this.