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Analogue and digital hearing aids are very, very different things. Analogue aids use older and simpler technology. If you are a long-term analogue user and you are having problems hearing well with new digital aids then try this: Ask your audiologist to turn off noise reduction on your digital aids, if they can’t turn it [...]

The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) has issued a warning to consumers about purchasing pre-programmed, one-size-fits-all hearing aids. BHI points out that devices that are purchased over-the-counter or through the Internet without the consultation of a hearing healthcare professional may result in the devices not being accurately customized to the specific hearing needs of the individual, [...]

Have you bought a hearing aid online? If so, I’d love to know your experiences. Did it meet your expectations? Was it good value for money? Have you had to have it re-programmed or checked since you bought it? Hearing aids that are sold online tend to be for mild to moderate hearing losses and [...]

I read a couple of very interesting articles on Hearing Review today: It’s Not Immoral to Increase Hearing Aid Prices in an Inelastic Market and Seven Rules for Thinking About Hearing Aid Pricing. The first article talks about how a reduction in hearing aid prices does not lead to more people buying them, or, to [...]

Hearing aids are expensive and when you’ve spent a lot of money on a pair you expect them to fix your hearing problems. After all, that’s what they are for, to correct your hearing loss. I remember (it’s probably about five years ago now) visiting an audiologist because I was struggling to hear at work [...]

Image by prayitno I’ve written before about how important it is to have a great audiologist. But that’s not the whole story. You are involved too and you are just as important as the audiologist. When you’ve been fitted with your new hearing aid for the very first time it will be set-up to match [...]

I get quite a few emails from people asking which hearing aid is best but no-one has ever asked which audiologist is best. I think the second question is just as important as the first, maybe even more so. When you buy a hearing aid you are paying for the audiologists time as well as [...]

This is a guest article by Megan Sparks. Megan Sparks is a 24-year-old native resident of Arizona, who has been blogging about deafness, tech, and assorted geekery at Hearing Sparks since she upgraded her hearing aids in 2009. When people think of hearing aids, they might think more of old ear trumpets than high-quality, advanced [...]

Looking to buy a new hearing aid? They are sold in a few different ways these days, here’s a description of each: The buy-everything way This is the most common way that a hearing aid is sold. If you go to a high-street or independent retailer then this is how you will be sold an [...]

If you are trialling a new hearing aid and you can’t decide whether to keep it then try this: Wear your new hearing aid(s) for a week. Wear them in all the environments you are normally in – at home, at work, at a party, in the street, etc. After one week of that switch [...]