Knoblach Hearing Care

10/05/2026

Want a chance for clearer hearing this Christmas? 🎄

Stories are due October 30.

Your hearing-loss story could become A Christmas Worth Hearing.

Find entry details and official rules here:
https://knoblachhearing.com/christmas-worth-hearing

10/04/2026

Phone conversations shouldn’t feel like a guessing game.

CaptionCall displays large, real-time captions so you can listen and read along during your calls. The phone and captioning service are available at no cost to eligible users with hearing loss.

Call Knoblach Hearing Care at (727) 530-3533 to schedule an appointment and learn whether CaptionCall may be right for you.

10/01/2026

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month.

The sounds you enjoy today should still be there tomorrow. Three simple habits can help protect your hearing:

🔉 Lower the volume
↔️ Move away from loud sounds
🎧 Wear earplugs or protective earmuffs when noise cannot be avoided

Hearing damage can build gradually or happen after one extremely loud sound. Protecting your ears matters at every age.

09/29/2026

Your ears are designed to clean themselves!

Earwax protects and lubricates the ear while naturally working its way outward. Cotton swabs can interrupt that process by pushing wax deeper and causing a blockage.

If you notice fullness, discomfort or muffled hearing, it may be time to have your ears checked.

09/25/2026

Silence isn’t always silent.

In this Florida Health Care News article, Dean Knoblach shares two very different experiences with tinnitus and the paths toward understanding and relief.

Read the article:
https://www.ifoundmydoctor.com/articles/audiology/when-silence-isnt-silent/

Hearing problems do not always start the same way. For some people, the change is quiet and subtle: A faint ringing. A little more effort to hear in noisy rooms. A growing habit of asking people to repeat themselves. Even something like turning on the closed captions when words no longer land clearl...

09/23/2026

🤟 Communication Has No Boundaries!

Today, September 23, we celebrate International Day of Sign Languages with a fascinating piece of Indigenous history.

Did you know that Plains Indian Sign Language, also known as Hand Talk, helped connect Native American nations that spoke different languages?

Used by both Deaf and hearing people, Hand Talk made it possible to communicate across language barriers, facilitating trade, storytelling, and everyday conversations.

And with Native American Day being observed this Friday, September 25, in California and Nevada, it's a wonderful opportunity to recognize this remarkable part of Indigenous cultural heritage.

Because communication is about more than hearing. It's about understanding one another. 💙

09/01/2026

🎄 A CHRISTMAS WORTH HEARING IS HERE! 🎄

This Christmas, Knoblach Hearing Care and Signia Hearing are giving one person the opportunity to experience what better hearing could mean for the holidays and beyond.

We want to hear your story. Tell us how hearing loss has changed the way you experience the holidays, family gatherings, conversations, traditions, or the sounds you miss most.

🎁 The qualified winner will receive a hearing-care package valued at up to $8,000, including a comprehensive hearing evaluation, professionally fit Signia prescription hearing technology, and ongoing care from Knoblach Hearing Care.

📅 Entries open: September 1, 2026
📅 Entry deadline: October 30, 2026
🎥 Random drawing: November 1, 2026 at noon on Facebook Live

The winner will be selected at random. Stories are not judged, and you do not need to be present to win.

Read the complete details, Official Rules, and how to enter here:
https://knoblachhearing.com/christmas-worth-hearing

✨ Your story could be the beginning of A Christmas Worth Hearing.

08/31/2026

Why Are Restaurants Still So Difficult?

Hearing one person in a quiet room is very different from following a conversation across a busy restaurant table.

Restaurants can create a perfect storm for difficult listening. Conversations from nearby tables compete with the person you’re trying to hear. Add music, clattering dishes, kitchen noise and sound bouncing off hard floors, walls and ceilings, and speech can become much harder to separate from everything happening around it.

Distance matters, too. The farther away someone is sitting, the more their voice has to compete with all that surrounding sound.

That’s why someone may hear perfectly well during a quiet conversation at home but struggle to understand the same person across a restaurant table.

If restaurants have become more frustrating than enjoyable, tell us about it at your next hearing appointment. Understanding where you have difficulty hearing can be just as important as knowing what you can hear.