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Answering S. Arizona's call for Hearing Healthcare help. We serve those who struggle to afford help, very small fees with volunteer service All w/ GRACE.

By Appointment only please see website and call, we are not able to see walk ins. The mission of Grace Hearing Center: to build the self-worth of individuals by restoring their hearing potential and providing them with opportunities to engage with their communities through service to others.

10/19/2026

Before World War II, if your hearing changed, you didn’t have many options. There was no designated specialist to help, no way to measure exactly what you could hear, no fitting technology to help, and no teaching you how to live with it. 🙁

Then thousands of service members from WWII came home from artillery, tank engines, and aircraft with hearing loss that surgery could not fix, so the military set up rehabilitation centers in Army and Navy hospitals and staffed them with an unlikely mix of ear physicians, speech scientists, psychologists, and lip-reading teachers who figured it out together.

A Northwestern professor named Raymond Carhart, who ran the program, went home after the war and built the first university program to train people to do this work. The name they gave it: audiology! 👏

10/16/2026

October is Audiology Awareness Month, so here's what actually happens during a diagnostic hearing evaluation: 👇

Case history – your story, your symptoms, your health
Otoscopy – I look in your ears
Tympanometry – how your eardrum and middle ear are moving
Pure-tone testing – your hearing, pitch by pitch, ear by ear
Speech testing – how many words you can repeat back
Speech-in-noise – the same thing with background noise turned up

Together, these tell us the type, degree, and likely cause of a hearing change, and whether medical treatment should come first. 🙌

Hearing is part of whole-body health, and it deserves the same kind of regular attention as your eyes and teeth!

10/15/2026

"I just want to know if I need hearing aids." 🦻

This is a common first question from new patients. And it might sound like a yes-or-no question, but unfortunately, it’s not!

Whether hearing aids would help depends on what type of hearing loss you have, how much, at which pitches, in which ear, and how well your brain is picking words out of background noise. 🧠

👉 A screening checks whether sound is getting through.
👉 A diagnostic evaluation measures all of the above!

That's why every hearing test at our office is a full diagnostic evaluation with a Doctor of Audiology. You leave with an actual answer, and sometimes that answer isn't hearing aids at all.

If you've been meaning to get your hearing checked before call now! 📲 We would love to see you and answer any questions you might have!

10/14/2026

Hearing loss affects far more than communication; it can affect your physical safety, too. 👂⚠️

Even a mild hearing loss makes you nearly three times more likely to fall, and for every additional 10 dB of hearing loss, that risk rises another 1.4x.

Researchers think a few things are behind this connection:

• Reduced spatial awareness - Clear sound helps us understand where we are in a space.
• Higher cognitive load - When your brain works harder to decode sound, it has less capacity for balance and coordination.
• Missed warning cues - If you can’t hear someone say “careful,” you may not notice a hazard in time. 🤕

Falls are one of the leading causes of injury in older adults, and hearing is a risk factor most people never think to check.

If it's been a while since your last hearing check (or a parent's), that's reason enough to schedule one.

Tag the sibling who needs to see this. 👇

10/13/2026

👂Ever wonder why one family member seems to constantly deal with earwax build up, while another rarely has any? The amount of earwax you produce varies from person to person, for real reasons.
Some people have naturally narrower ear canals, which makes wax more likely to become trapped. Age also plays a role. As we get older, our skin becomes drier, making it harder for wax to migrate outward.

And for many, everyday habits contribute… Q‑tips, hairpins, earbuds, hearing aids, and hearing protection can all push wax deeper into the canal instead of letting it work its way out. 😬

If earwax buildup is becoming a problem, give us a call! We have several patients who come in on a routine basis! 🌀💛

10/12/2026

A classroom can look calm and still be a hard place to hear in. 🎒👂

Fluorescent lights humming, hallway noise leaking through the door, twenty kids shuffling papers and chairs, none of it looks loud, but it adds up. For a child with even a mild, undiagnosed hearing difference, that background noise can be the difference between following the lesson and missing half of it.

Understanding how much hearing shapes a child's classroom experience, not just whether they can hear a beep in a quiet room. A child struggling to hear in noise doesn't always look like a child who can't hear. It can look like inattention, or a kid who's just quieter than usual in group settings.

If a teacher has ever mentioned your child seems distracted or asks to repeat things often, it's worth asking whether hearing might be part of the picture.

10/10/2026

Costumes, wigs, masks, and hats… Halloween is basically an obstacle course for hearing aids. 🎃👂

If you or someone in your family wears them, a few quick things worth checking before heading out tonight:
Mask straps can knock behind-the-ear devices loose. Tuck the strap above the hearing aid, not over it.
Wigs and hats pressed too close to the ear can trigger whistling feedback.
A retention cord clips the hearing aid to your collar or costume, so if it does get knocked loose, it doesn't end up lost in the yard or a candy bowl.

Just a few things worth knowing before the trick-or-treating starts.

Have a fun, safe Halloween! 🍬👻

10/09/2026

Why do adults with hearing loss often experience cognitive changes earlier than those with normal hearing? One explanation is Cognitive Load Theory. 🧠📚

When someone with normal hearing learns something new, they can divide their mental energy between listening and retaining the information. But someone with hearing loss must use extra effort just to decode the sound, leaving less working memory available for understanding, remembering, or completing the task.

Hearing loss doesn’t just affect the ears; it affects how much cognitive energy is left for everything else. Healthy hearing supports clearer thinking, better memory, and less mental fatigue. 🔄

10/08/2026

Last day to enter 12/04/2026 and drawing will be held on 12/10/2026 Enter the chance to win one of three amazing prizes provided by the Jim Click the Millions for Tucson Raffle! 100% of proceeds from raffle tickets goes directly to nonprofits such as Grace Hearing Center. Check out MillionsForTucson.org for more raffle info.
Claim yours today! Call in or stop by!

Grace Hearing Center
Phone: (520) 468-9976
Location: 2919 E Broadway Ste 110 Tucson, AZ 85716 (Fri only)

Oro Valley Audiology
Location: 2542 E Vistoso Commerce Loop Tucson, Az 85755
(Mon-Fri)

10/07/2026

Halloween question for you: what's the one sound that instantly creeps you out? 👻🎧

Creaky floorboards. A door slowly opening. That one violin screech every horror movie seems to use.

It's not random… our brains are wired to react fast to sudden, high-pitched, unpredictable sounds. It's the same reflex that makes a jump scare land harder than the scene itself, and part of why horror movies lean so heavily on sound design.

Drop your most spine-chilling sound in the comments. 👇

Address

2919 E Broadway Ste 110
Tucson, AZ
85716

Opening Hours

9am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+15204689976

Website

http://GraceHearing.org/

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