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Over 50 years old? You probably need a Hearing aid

June 3, 2009

Almost every doctor and every article written agree – hearing loss occurs after age 50. Fifty years is a long time. On some level, you can’t blame your hearing auditory system for losing a ‘step’ or two. So the question …

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The Best Hearing Aids!

May 28, 2009

The mother of all questions – what is the best hearing aid? Can anyone answer this question? Is it Phonak, Oticon, Siemens…who knows. I think the answer to what is the best hearing aid simply lies with the user – …

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Hearing aids and the sun

May 23, 2009

It appears that summer may actually finally be here in Seattle which tells me that it is here around the country and this hemisphere as well. This begs the question – how do hearing aids do in the summer and …

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Great charity around Hearing Aids in Latin America

May 20, 2009

There is a wonderful group providing hearing aids to those in need in Latin America. The group is called Hearing Aid for Latin America and they are targeting children and young adults who could benefit from getting a hearing aid. …

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Pennsylvania Hearing Aid company fined

May 15, 2009

It is great to see a bad guy getting what he deserves in Pennsylvania. The state has fined a company over $190,000, forced them to stop conducting business in the state and has demanded over $31,000 is restitution to hearing …

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Buying a Hearing Aid Basics

May 11, 2009

It is always healthy to re-look at the basics behind buying a hearing aid. Like any major purchase it needs to be researched and handled with diligence. An Audiological evaluation has to be considered as step number one in the …

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What do hearing aids need?

May 5, 2009

Let’s have a quick post about some out there ideas that may benefit hearing aids. Who knows, they may be working on some of these ideas in the labs of Oticon, Phonak and Siemens. How about a solar powered hearing …

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Feedback and Occlusion – Hearing Aids' biggest threat

April 30, 2009

In an interesting study done a few years ago (and I believe it rings true today) the two biggest challenges to hearing aid design and usage is feedback and occlusion. Unfortunately and interestingly, the solution to one often causes the …

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