Worth Hearing Center is Albuquerque and Rio Rancho’s top choice for high-end hearing care and technology. The professional team at Worth Hearing Center consists of 4 audiologists with a variety of specialties including pediatrics, tinnitus, and dizziness. Our goal is to provide each individual with the best hearing they can achieve. Because we work with a variety of manufacturers, we spend over 50 hours each year attending training sessions so that we are able to provide the best solutions available for each individual’s needs.
Tinnitus Specialists of New Mexico (TSNM) is an affiliate of Worth Hearing Center. We are the first clinic of this kind in New Mexico and surrounding areas with audiologists trained extensively by the Tinnitus Practitioners Association (TPA). We offer comprehensive audiological services that range from hearing evaluations to Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) and Hyperacusis Management.
We offer the latest hearing technology from most major brands. From invisible hearing aids to receiver-in-the-canal, we have the hearing solutions and expertise to help you on your journey to better hearing.
Americans have hearing loss in at least one ear. That is equal to about 48 million people.
Loudness discomfort, or hypersensitive hearing, is most common in individuals who have hearing loss. They are sensitive to loud noises and sometimes can barely tolerate what we would consider ordinary levels of sound. Hearing aids can help this condition because their processing is set up to not overload the ear with sound amplification. If you…
The World Health Organization (WHO) handles some of the biggest human health concerns on the planet – including hearing loss. This March 3rd, WHO is organizing World Hearing Day to raise awareness of hearing loss as well as access to information and treatment. For 2019, World Hearing Day is highlighting a fundamental part of taking…
While many people are familiar with the signs of tinnitus, a similar phenomenon called “musical ear syndrome” is less well known. While tinnitus is the experience of hearing phantom sounds such as buzzing, clicking or tones, musical ear syndrome involves the sensation of hearing music that isn’t being played. Although exact numbers are unclear, some…
A lot has been written lately about millennials – a generation distinct in its relationship to the internet and accelerated technology. Everything from their social patterns to their employment opportunities seems to be throwing culture for a loop. Now, new studies are finding that the very thing that seems to define millennials – their comfort…
Research data and study results provide more and more evidence about the damaging effects of untreated hearing loss, and recent studies have found that untreated hearing loss can lead to premature death. Hearing loss may be a natural part of aging, but you shouldn’t just try to “get by” without getting hearing aids. There’s too…
It’s incorrect to think hearing loss just affects your ears. As one of the five senses, it is part of your overall sense of self, and untreated hearing loss has wide-reaching effects. Untreated hearing loss has physical and emotional effects. You should not think you can just “get by” and deal with hearing loss. You…
January is a good month to start new plans. Plan to eat better, exercise more, and stay in touch with friends. Another way to start the year off right is with an annual hearing test. That may not sound glamorous, but it’s very necessary and important. Hearing impacts many aspects of your health, and getting…
Although Americans of all ages experience hearing loss, most people think of hearing loss as a product of growing older. Hearing loss can also be caused by prolonged exposure to noise and a noisy environment and there is also sudden hearing loss. Sudden hearing loss is just what it sounds like: hearing loss that occurs…
If you are one of the 30 million Americans who have diabetes, take note – it would benefit you to keep a close watch on your hearing. Research shows that diabetics are more than twice as likely to develop hearing loss than those who do not have diabetes. That’s why it is important to keep…
