Hearing aids have been found over and over again to help combat the negative side effects of hearing loss. From reducing the risk of miscommunication, falls, accidents, depression, anxiety, social isolation and even dementia, hearing aids are essential tools for staying healthy. How exactly do these amazing contraptions work? What is a hearing aid? A hearing aid is a tiny electronic device worn in or behind the ear that supplements for hearing loss, improving speech …
Common Excuses for Not Buying Hearing Aids
Hearing loss is the third most common chronic public health epidemic. Impacting millions of people, impaired hearing often occurs gradually, over a long period of time so it can be difficult to notice changes to hearing. This contributes to the under-treatment of hearing loss. There are numerous ways that people commonly overlook or ignore their hearing health. People typically make common excuses for not addressing any hearing loss and buying hearing aids. Not addressing this …
Common Excuses for Not Buying Hearing Aids
One in eight people in the United States (13 percent, or 30 million) aged 12 years or older live with hearing loss in both ears while roughly 10 percent of the U.S. adult population, or about 25 million Americans, has experienced tinnitus lasting at least five minutes in the past year. Statistics show that about 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids but sadly people often wait 10 years on average before …
Hearing Aids vs. Hearing Amplifiers
Perhaps you’ve begun to notice changes in your hearing, and you are starting to look into your options to treat your hearing loss. Perhaps you’ve heard of hearing amplifiers, whether it’s been on television commercials or over the counter at the drug store. While they may seem like a more affordable and conservative and affordable purchase hearing amplifiers are not an effective treatment of hearing loss in the way hearing aids are. While these personal …
Why You Should Treat Bilateral Hearing Loss with Two Hearing Aids
[HearCare RI] Blog #1: Why You Should Treat Bilateral Hearing Loss with Two Hearing Aids Hearing loss occurs with complications in our auditory system, which complicates the way we receive and process sound. Hearing loss can manifest in one ear or it can be recognized as being a loss of hearing in both ears. The latter is the more common type of hearing loss and is referred to as bilateral hearing loss, or BHL. Bilateral …
Support an Active Lifestyle with Hearing Aids
Today’s hearing aids combine cutting edge sound processing technology with sleek and discrete designs. These modern marvels help people with hearing loss face the challenges of hearing impairment and stay connected to the things that matter most. Hearing aid engineers also recognize that hearing aids have a big job to accomplish – helping you hear your best, no matter where you are and keeping up with your active lifestyle. If you’ve been looking for hearing …
A Guide to Buying Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are a common solution to hearing loss of all levels, whether it be mild or severe. Wading through the wealth of information on hearing aids can seem a bit overwhelming. There are in fact many factors to consider when it comes time to choose a new hearing aid, or to update the hearing aid style you already use. You will have to consider cost, of course, as well as factors such as your …
Summer Maintenance Tips for Your Hearing Aids
Time to hit the water or the golf course for a little summer time fun. Or maybe you’re a tennis or a barbeque person. Get out there and enjoy the season but take a little extra care to avoid damaging your hearing aids. In the winter condensation from inside and outside temperature changes can be damaging. In the summer, it’s moisture, but a different kind. Often, we can repair and do an evaluation on your …
Going Digital with Your Hearing Aids
When you think of advanced digital technology, what comes to your mind? Most people picture the latest smart phones, lifelike computer graphics, even projects like virtual reality and artificial intelligence. It may surprise you that some of the most advanced developments in compact digital technology exist in the current generation of digital hearing aids. Hearing aids have made huge leaps with alongside digital advancements, making hearing technology more powerful and effective than ever before. Digital …
Hearing Aid Compatible Assistive Listening Devices
As technology continues to advance at seemingly light speeds, a buffet of assistive listening devices continue to appear. Back in the day, the introduction of the digital signal process chip in the 1980s anticipated the many fully digital hearing aid models we take for granted today. It’s hard to believe it was only a few decades ago that digital technology was revolutionary. Today, most hearing aid options are digital and the technology that accompanies and …