March - Williamsburg , VA Magazine , Next Door Neighbors

N e x t D o o r N e i g h b o r sHealth“What?”Dr. Jude LiptakHelps You Hear BetterBy Greg Lilly, EditorShe tells him about their neighbor’s new kitchen remodel. Headvises that chickens aren’t allowed in backyards. Is this selective hearingor a true hearing problem? Dr. Jude Liptak says that even thoughhusbands and wives sometimes only hear what they want to, there is apossibility that what you don’t hear may be a medical issue.“The biggest red flag,” Dr. Liptak describes, “and this is the way itstarts - every single person mentions this - the patient will say: ‘I canhear people; I just can’t understand what they are saying.’ That is thenumber one complaint.” He says that people guess at words that theycan’t hear clearly. They lose consonant sounds or the high frequencysounds like the beep of the microwave oven.Dr. Jude Liptak first took an interest in audiology (the science ofhearing) when some of his relatives had hearing loss. “I have familymembers who are hard-of-hearing, and I’ve always been interested inlittle gadgets like hearing aids and cell phones and things like that,”he says. Growing up, he and his family moved around but his laterschool years were spent in northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania.He earned his bachelors and masters degrees from Kent State in Ohioand his doctorate degree from the Pennsylvania College of Audiologyin Philadelphia.Lisa W. Cumming PhotographyFor all the Right Reasons!Respectability • Responsibility • ReliabilityA Proven Track Record with Positive Results in 2010John Roberts REALTOR®(757) 345-3889 • Direct LineE-Mail: john.roberts@prudentialtownerealty.com36 NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORSMARCH2011Towne RealtyPrudential Towne Realty is an affiliate of TowneBank and is an independentlyowned and operated member of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.