Hearing Aids - Blog Posts

Behind the Ear Hearing Aid Prices - Open Fit Prices - Receiver in the Canal Prices Below I am going to list some of the Behind the Ear Hearing Aid prices found from various hearing aid manufacturers - comparing them to Century Hearing Aids Behind the ear, Open Ear and Receiver in the Canal hearing Aid Prices.Behind the Ear Prices include the mini behind the ear, Open Ear and Receiver in the Canal hearing Aids. Open Ear and Receiver in the Canal hearing Aids represent 63% of all hearing aids sales according to MarkeTrakThese are not exact and my vary...

Hearing Planet - - Price Comparison and How Does Hearing Planet Work? A Hearing Planet Review.Hearing Planet - is owned by Sonova - which also owns Phonak and Unitron and Lyric and Advanced Bionics and Acoustic Implants.Hearing Planet is probably the largest internet based referral site for hearing aids on the internet. A referral site basically means Hearing Planet is a marketing company. Hearing Planet makes it look like they do not sell hearing aids directly to the consumer - but in reality they are...because, in many cases they own the entire distribution channel - from start to finish....which means...

Below I am going to list some of the Completely in the Canal CIC Hearing Aid prices found from various hearing aid manufacturers - comparing them to Century Hearing Aids CIC hearing Aid Prices. These are not exact and my vary from dealer to dealer - and state to state. The only thing I noticed is local face to face dealers do not list prices. Only the large companies like Hearing Planet (div of Phonak) and a few others like this.Most of these CIC Hearing Aids, from Siemens, Starkey, Beltone, Oticon, Resound and Phonak are custom molded CIC hearing Aids....

Top 3 What Do I Need to Know About Hearing Aids Managing First Time Shopper Expectations Lets say you are taking your first steps to looking at hearing aids. This article is helping you manage expectations.1. Hearing Aids are going to expensive. Relative to other technology and whether you buy online of face to face. Lets start with "relative to other technology" ....like a smart tablet or laptop. Which by the way have much more sophisticated technology inside than a hearing aid. Take a tablet today...Price is $150 to $200 A tablet can do 1000s more things than a hearing...

Timothy Hullar, MD, (right) and medical student Miranda Colletta help patient Audrey Miller prepare for a balance test. Older adults with hearing loss appeared to perform better on balance tests with both hearing aids on, according to Hullar’s research. Credit: Robert Boston Enhancing hearing appears to improve balance in older adults with hearing loss, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Patients with hearing aids in both ears performed better on standard balance tests when their hearing aids were turned on compared with when they were off. The small study, which appears in the...

Can We Unlock The Body's Ability To Regenerate Lost Hearing? When a middle-aged firefighter and active Boy Scout leader in the Midwestern United States lost his hearing a few years ago, he also faced the loss of his livelihood. Noise and toxin exposures had damaged the tiny sound-sensing hair cells of his inner ear, leaving him with severe hearing loss. To keep working, he opted for the only available option: cochlear implants, microphones mounted behind the ear that transmit sounds to electrodes implanted in the inner ear, bypassing the hair cells to create an electronic approximation of natural hearing. For...

8 Tips for Better Hearing Over the Holidays Help your friend or relative with hearing loss join in the season's fun AARP, December 3, 2014 For people with hearing loss, holiday gatherings can be exhausting work. But there's a lot friends and family can do to reduce stress and frustration. Try these tips so that everyone can join the party.1. Gain Attention Don’t start talking before you know your companion is engaged. Address him or her by name, and if you can, position yourself on the side where the listener’s hearing is better and gently touch his or her hand,...

Abstract OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To investigate the long-term outcomes of accompanying tinnitus after steroid therapy for patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL).STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review and survey.METHODS: Fifty patients diagnosed with SSNHL accompanied by tinnitus were enrolled and divided into two groups-satisfied and unsatisfied-according to the degree of improvement of tinnitus after SSNHL treatment. Subjective improvement of tinnitus and hearing status were investigated before and 6 months after SSNHL treatment. Hearing improvement was assessed using criteria from our previous study and Siegel's criteria. The change of tinnitus was assessed using a visual analogue scale for tinnitus intensity and frequency.RESULTS: Patients...

Theater experiences to improve for those with hearing lossContributed by Lauren Clason, staff writer for Healthy HearingFriday, December 12th 2014If you have hearing loss, going to the movies might get a little easier for you. On Nov. 21, the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) announced collaboration with the Alexander Graham Bell Association (A.G. Bell), the Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA), the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to submit their opinions on the proposed rule to update captioning equipment and policies in movie theaters throughout the country.After several weeks of...

Top 3 Hearing Aid Repair IssuesCentury Hearings Aids works with an All Makes and All Models repair business. We repair Starkey, Phonak, Oticon, Resound, Siemens, Miracle Ear - we have repaired over 20,000 hearing aids so when I say, all makes all models, we have seen them all in here. You want to know what repairs we see the most of?First, you need some numbers, did you know that 62% of all hearing aid sales are mini behind the ear? Yep. that includes the Open Fit and the Receiver in the canal (still mini behind the ear) type hearing aid....

You have hearing Loss - You are Hearing Impaired - What Procrastinating could meanI've done a little research on hearing impairment and waiting to do anything about your hearing loss and thought I would share it with you. Procrastinating about hearing impairment can cause more problems for you than previously known by doctors: Untreated hearing loss can permanently damage your ability to understand words. Hearing Loss has been Linked to Dementia...see http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hearing_loss_and_dementia_linked_in_study Hearing loss is not something where you can recognize you have hearing loss--its not like you can see it for feel it. It get progressively worse without you...

Are Online Hearing Tests Accurate You can find hearing tests on your smart phone and computer but Are Online Hearing Tests Accurate?There are a couple issues with online hearing tests1. "Audiometers are calibrated to meet federal guidelines", noted Mark Pyle, MD, academic vice chairman of otolaryngology and residency program director at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. This ensures test accuracy nationwide. With an online test, "there is no calibration, there is no soundproof room, there is no masking, there is no control," Dr. Pyle said. "So we really don't know what degree of hearing loss they have. Some people...