Melinda Beck has written in the Wall Street Journal about her experiences with a Widex Inteo aid. It’s an interesting article because it touches on some of the problems that new hearing aid wearers face, such as:
A rush of new sounds: New aid wearers will be hearing many sounds that they haven’t heard for a [...]

Siemens produce an extensive range of digital hearing aids for both adults and children. Siemens are the biggest hearing aid manufacturer in the world - one in every five hearing aids sold around the world is a Siemens product.
The hearing aids that they offer are grouped into three different categories: Ultimate, Value and Basic.
Ultimate
CENTRA™, CENTRA™ [...]

UK readers may be interested to know that Oxford Hearing Centre are doing a buy-one-get-one-free offer on Rayovac Proline hearing aid batteries. The offer runs from the 1st to the 28th of February and covers sizes 10, 13 and 312.

Oticon’s new distribution guidelines state that they will only supply their products to distributors who directly fit and sell Oticon products to end-users through face-to-face in-person consultations. These new guidelines effectively bring an end to customers being able to buy Oticon products via the Internet, mail order or catalogues.
In a press release, The American Academy [...]

Microbattery.com offer a wide range of hearing aid batteries at good prices.
Their front page has a handy little section that lets you pick the battery you need based on its colour or size code. They are stocking batteries from: Rayovac, Panasonic, Energizer, ZeniPower, Duracell, PowerOne, Renata, Sony and iCellTech.
Well worth a look if you need [...]