Category Archives: Hearing Aids

Santa Rosa County’s deaf and partially deaf students are about to get some sound attention. The district’s first audiology clinic has been set up in a renovated classroom at Bennett C. Russell Elementary School in Milton. “We had no place … Continue reading →

I’ve been wearing an analog hearing aid since I was 5 years old, and tried a digital one a few years ago. Well, to tell you the truth, as much as I tried to like it and get used to … Continue reading →

A North Melbourne product designer is a contender on the world stage for his invention that enables the deaf to feel sound. Swinburne University industrial design graduate Jack Allwood has created the Outer Ear, a non-surgical alternative to the cochlear … Continue reading →

Consumer Reports says buying a hearing aid can be as overwhelming as buying a used car. To make the process easier, they followed a dozen patients for six months, surveyed 1,100 more, and then lab-tested dozens of devices. Ken Franklin … Continue reading →

My mother wears a hearing aid, which has prompted me to bring awareness of the daily problems that she, along with others that have hearing impairments, encounter on a daily basis. My background is not with the hearing aid industry, … Continue reading →

If you wear a hearing aid or are thinking about getting one, you are probably confused about the terminology concerning hearing aids. Hearing aids are very complicated and are essentially computers sitting in or behind your ear. This is a … Continue reading →

According to the Mayo Clinic, an estimated one-quarter of Americans between the ages of 65 and 75 and almost three-quarters of those over 75 have some degree of hearing loss. Surprisingly, according to Randy Wohlers, founder of MyHearPod.com, only about … Continue reading →

A Plainfield man has been charged with stealing hearing aids from a Franklin, Somerset, company and smuggling them out of the country to be sold on the black market in Colombia. Gerardo Casteblanco, 41, of Plainfield, an employee of Oticon … Continue reading →

How can you make a hearing aid sexy? You call it “Passion” and color it shocking pink or lipstick red. You call it “Vibe” and dress it in leopard print or checkered flag that looks positively NASCAR. Manufacturers are banking … Continue reading →

If your hearing isn’t as good as it used to be, you may be thinking about getting a hearing aid. Then again, there’s a good chance you can’t be bothered, even though you find yourself cranking up the volume on … Continue reading →