Today’s hearing aids come with automation to help you forget about the hearing aid and focus on listening. But what if the listening experience doesn’t match how you want to hear? The automatic system in your hearing aid makes assumptions about how you want to hear. And while it’s most often right, occasionally it doesn’t… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Hearing Technology
SUMMER GATHERINGS: How to Get the Most Out of Your Hearing Aids
Summertime is synonymous with barbecues and sunny social events outdoors. Here are a few tips to get the most out of your hearing aids when you are flipping burgers – or just enjoying a refreshment with your friends. First of all: wear your hearing aids Some people shy away from wearing their hearing aids at… Read more »
Rechargeable Hearing Aids
There are many questions when trying to decide if you should use rechargeable hearing aid technology. The article below addresses your questions. What are the benefits of a rechargeable hearing aid vs. hearing aids with disposable batteries? First, it is important to learn how disposable hearing aid batteries work. Traditionally hearing aid batteries were made… Read more »
How can I hear my phone better with hearing aids?
The best hearing aids are able to help you hear in any situation – whether you are biking up a mountain or chatting with friends. But let’s face it – we live in a modern world and a lot of our communication and fun takes place digitally these days. Wouldn’t it be great if you… Read more »
Listening Fatigue
Do you have friends who can get up early and stay up late day after day without getting tired while at the same time, a single day of work or a three-hour meeting leaves you feeling worn out? If this sounds familiar, you may be suffering from what is known as listening fatigue. What few… Read more »
What Type Of Hearing Aid Is Best For You?
Have you ever stood in the breakfast cereal aisle of your local grocery store and been overjoyed with the abundance of options spread out before you? There are SO MANY choices, and so many of them are REALLY tasty. Do you like the brand with extra marshmallows or the brand that has more nutritional benefits?… Read more »
Adjusting to your Hearing Loss – Part Two
In our last post, we discussed the realities of hearing loss and shared some advice aimed at helping you adjust more easily to the changes you are experiencing. In this post, we want to continue with that theme and offer a couple of additional suggestions that can be of great benefit to you. The first… Read more »
You Can’t Listen If You Can’t Hear
Have you ever been talking with someone at a party and after telling them a thing or two about yourself, you became acutely aware that they couldn’t care less about you or anything you have to say? The person’s body language, non-verbal cues, and lack of response probably made you feel something between ignored and… Read more »
Take It Easy
If you go to any reputable footwear store to purchase a new pair of running/walking shoes, the expert sales person will probably give you some crucial advice. He/she will tell you to break the shoes in slowly. In other words, you shouldn’t go home, take the shoes out of the box and immediately go for… Read more »
Hearing Aids: A Great Investment in Yourself
When you invest money, whether it is in a particular company or a choice piece of real estate, you do so with both the hope and the expectation that your investment will bring you a future return. In fact, one definition of “investment” is, A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable… Read more »