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Signs Your Hearing Aid Doesn’t Fit Properly
One study focused on the reasons people who need hearing aids don’t use them found that “hearing aid value, fit and comfort and maintenance of the hearing aid, attitude, device factors, financial reasons, psycho-social/situational factors,…
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Tips for Navigating Social Situations as a New Hearing Aid User
Hearing loss makes social situations harder because it affects your ability to communicate with others. Hearing can make it significantly easier for you to navigate everything from work parties to dinner out with friends at…
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What to Know About Hearing Aid Battery Safety
Though rechargeable hearing aids are becoming increasingly popular, the vast majority of hearing aids still take disposable button batteries. These are essential for helping you hear well in complex listening environments, but there are some…
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Why You Should Connect Your Hearing Aids to Your Smartphone
Many modern hearing aids have the ability to sync with your smartphone and other technological devices. Doing so can benefit you at work and home and even offer health benefits. Improves Phone Conversation Quality Untreated…
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Are Pediatric Hearing Aids Different From Ones for Adults?
While hearing loss is often associated with older age, anyone can develop the condition. If your child has hearing loss, you are probably curious to learn more about how pediatric hearing aids and how they…
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What Are the Different Parts of a Hearing Aid?
There are many types of hearing aids on the market, including behind-the-ear (BTE), mini-behind-the-ear (mini-BTE), receiver-in-the-ear (RITE), receiver-in-canal (RIC), in-the-ear (ITE), in-the-canal (ITC) and completely-in-canal (CIC). While each type is built differently, they still have…
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Has Your Child’s Hearing Loss Been Misdiagnosed as a Learning Disability?
Not only can your child’s untreated hearing loss impact their communication at home, it can affect their performance at school, too. But it turns out, certain behaviors caused by hearing loss are also associated with…
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What to Do if Your Hearing Aids Aren’t Loud Enough
More than 48 million Americans have hearing loss, and many rely on a tiny and complex medical device for treatment. Hearing aids come in a wide variety of sizes and styles, but all have the…
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Machine Learning Enhances Speech Recognition
As researchers work to understand more about the impact of hearing loss, one area of particular interest is the way it affects our ability to recognize speech. A new study created a human speech recognition…
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How is Unilateral Hearing Loss Treatment Different from Binaural Hearing Loss?
While most people with hearing loss experience it in both ears, others have unilateral hearing loss. This means they only have one ear that is affected. Unilateral hearing loss poses its own set of challenges…