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Welcome to Hearing Aids 1000

It's been a great summer. The HearingAids1000.com community continues to grow rapidly. We get loads of emails -- questions and advice -- everyday. Keep the comments coming in and together we can make hearing aids easier.

Started just over two years ago, Hearing Aids 1000 is quickly growing into one of the leading hearing aids resources on the internet. We offer the latest and most important information and will give you a completely unbiased look at the hearing aids industry. We do not sell any products! Only advise as to which products we like (or don't like) the most.

  

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We understand that hearing aids are a confusing, expensive, and very much unwanted addition to someone's life. We strive to provide you the best, up-to-date information on all issues related to hearing, hearing loss and hearing aids so that you will be able to make the most informed purchase possible.

We are always updating our site with the lastest content -- recently extending our information on hearing aid batteries and have taken an even closer look at the Oticon and Rexton companies. And we will continue to add new articles, reviews and insights on a regular basis. What do you want to hear or read about? Let us know!

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The Hearing Aids 1000 team.

Hearing Tests

Even with our convoluted and expensive medical care system, most Americans feel it is necessary to regularly get their teeth checked, get an eye exam, or even get an overall physical exam, yet hearing tests seem to be a bit more intimidating.

A recent poll found that under 20% of Americans had ever had a hearing test. Yet it is crucial to test your hearing frequently. Similar to any affliction, the sooner a hearing problem is detected, the better able a doctor will be to fix the problem.

The best hearing test will of course come from your doctor or audiologist. There are however some It is possible to some hearing tests online that can be somewhat informative and even entertaining. Though these tests must never be a replacement for a doctor and should all be taken with a healthy dose of salt.

Noise Addicts is a website dedicated to hearing loss for musicians and they have a very interesting test on the site which plays a number of frequencies to see if you can hear them.

When I was doing the test on myself, I initially thought the site was broken because for over half of the frequencies, I couldn't hear anything. Yet, I was shocked (and a little worried) when both my wife and daughter could hear them. It was fairly depressing and very eye opening. I am going to get my ears tested immediately.

Adults often lose the ability to hear higher frequencies. My friend is a middle school teacher and he recently told me that kids in his classes were setting their ring tones to be in the upper frequencies, so that they could ring during class, but the teacher couldn't hear it!

When an official hearing test is done, a bone conduction hearing test is done using a tuning fork. The key to this test is that once the patient can no longer feel vibrations, the tuning fork is moved in front of the ear. If there is no sound audible to the patient, there is hearing loss of the conductive variety.

A speech test may also be administered by an audiologist or a hearing aid vendor. This is a process in which the patient is asked to repeat words that are said to them.

The Weber and the Rinne are the names of the most famous hearing aid tests. The Weber test, developed in the 1800's, is the one which utilizes a tuning fork. The Weber hearing test should always accompany the Rinne and is key in comparing sounds as transmitted by air versus bone.

It is crucial to realize that both of these tests are great ways to get an indication of hearing loss but they do not replace audiometry. A hearing test utilizing audiometry goes beyond simply testing frequencies and includes testing the ability to recognize pitch and to distinguish speech from the other noises in the environment.

It can be a confusing world - that of hearing tests - so have fun researching online and taking the sample tests but always leave the real stuff to an audiologist!

-Your team at HearingAids1000.com


Beltone Hearing Aids Donates $500,000!

Generally we put news items on our blog, but this story really touched us so we thought we'd give it higher exposure. Beltone Hearing Aids employees recently traveled to El Salvador to Donate Hearing Aids valued at over $500,000!

Three employees from Beltone Hearing Aids New England traveled to El Salvador where they donated their professional services and $500,000 worth of hearing aids to poor hard-of-hearing individuals living in Nueva Esperanza, El Salvador. Most of the people residing in the town are refugees from Nicaragua who fled that country due to civil unrest.

The team was led by Mr. Ken Startz, Chief Operating Officer for Beltone New England in Warwick, RI.

The three Beltone employees paid for their own travel expenses and stayed at a local convent for one week from January 24 through February 1, 2009. These employees truly went above and beyond the call of duty.

In these tough times where so many companies are cutting back, we were extremely happy to hear about Beltone Hearing Aids giving to some of the most needy in our world -- including those not in the United States.


Ken Startz with a thankful woman from El Salvador

 

Hearing Aids Break-Thru!

Unitron has introduced what it is billing as the world's first crossover hearing instrument in the Fuse product. Fuse by Unitron combines all of the proven technologies developed for hearing aids and combines it with an amazing modern design.

The Unitron Fuse product is half the size of any current hearing aid and is concealed completely in the ear canal. The key is to realize that while the Fuse is extremely compact in order to be out of site, it lacks absolutely nothing in technology.

In addition to the compact size and robust technology, Unitron kept the user's comfort in mind with the Fuse as well. The hearing aid actually bends and moves with the ears natural movements. They also focused a great deal on the natural sound production of the product.

So many hearing aids end up making the wearer's voice seem odd and wrong to them. Unitron worked very hard with the Fuse hearing aid to make the voice seem natural.

Our team at Hearing Aids 1000 have not yet been able to test and work with a Fuse by Unitron yet but judging by the reviews on the Internet, it seems to be a genuinely innovative and revolutionary advance in hearing aids. Unitron is pushing the envelope with their new Fuse hearing aid.

Congratulations to Unitron for continuing to research and develop and thanks to them for their Fuse Hearing aid.


The Unitron FUSE -- check it out