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Buying your first hearing aid

If you are not hearing as much as you would like and you think you may benefit from a hearing ...

Digital hearing aids

What is a digital hearing aid? What does it do and how does it work? What is a digital hearing aid? Very ...

Open fit hearing aids

Open fit hearing aids are similar in style to BTE aids in that a shell sits above your ear and ...

Hearing aids for children

I’m looking for a bit of help and advice. Does anyone have any information on getting hearing aids for a 3 year old?
What style of aid works best? Are there any particular manufacturer or brands that are better?
How often will ear moulds have to be changed? Will kids have to have their moulds changed often [...]

Take your hearing aids out, hear more

You could hear more by taking your hearing aids out.
How does that work? Well, I was in a meeting yesterday, sat around a table with seven other people – after a while I realised that I wasn’t hearing several of them as well as I normally would be. I did a quick check that the [...]

The drug that could end the misery of tinnitus

A drug pump which is implanted in the ear is the latest approach for tackling tinnitus. It works by releasing a powerful new medicine that calms the overactive nerves thought to cause the condition.
Tinnitus is a ringing, whistling, buzzing or hissing noise heard for no obvious reason. It may be constant, or come and go.
It [...]

Win a year’s supply of hearing aid batteries

Enter this great hearing aid battery giveaway and don’t spend another penny on powering your ears for a whole year!
All you have to do for you chance to win is leave a comment below and tell me the following:

How long have you been wearing hearing aids?
What type do you wear?

Yeah, it’s that easy! So what [...]

Volume limits for mp3 players recommended but misses the point

The European Commission wants to limit maximum volume on all portable MP3 players sold in the EU, including iPods, to protect users’ hearing.
This follows a report last year warning that as many as 10 million Europeans are putting their hearing at risk when they listen to loud music on their MP3 players. According to the [...]

What are programmable hearing aids?

All digital hearing aids are programmable. Some analogue hearing aids have programmable options too.
What does programmable mean?
It means that an audiologist can modify a hearing aid’s settings for your personal hearing loss – it also means that they can set the aid up so that you can hear the sounds that you want to hear [...]

Hear the World Calendar 2010

In time for the holidays, Hear the World is offering a special kind of gift: international stars such as Jude Law, Elle Macpherson, Lenny Kravitz and Laura Pausini have been photographed by rock star and photographer Bryan Adams for the Hear the World initiative. These pictures are exclusively available for you to admire in the [...]

Hansaton launches in the US

From a Hansaton press release:
January 11, 2010 – Hansaton, the German-based provider of award-winning hearing systems, announced today they are now offering their products to US-based audiologists and hearing aid dispensers.  Hansaton (hanz-a-tone) has designed and manufactured superior hearing devices for more than fifty years. The family-owned company currently has [...]