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 [...]

Phonak’s revolutionary chip technology powers three exciting new Digital Wireless Accessories: iCom brings Bluetooth to the hearing impaired; the myPilot command center provides full-color display feedback; and iCube enables totally CableFree Fitting.The CORE (Communication Optimized Real-audio Engine) technology developed for the chip used in the new Exélia and Naída hearing instruments permits wireless communication between [...]

A sensorineural hearing loss is one that affects the nerves in the inner ear. The more the nerves are damaged the greater the hearing loss will be. In addition to affecting the sensitivity or loudness of hearing, a sensorineural loss can also affect the clarity of hearing - meaning that, for example, if a sound [...]

A conductive hearing loss is one that affects the structures that conduct the sound to the inner ear - this includes both the middle and outer ear. Common causes of conductive hearing loss are:

Wax build up
Fluid or infection in the middle ear
Ruptured eardrum
Damage to middle ear bones

Many cases of conductive hearing loss are treatable. Wax [...]

Open fit hearing aids are similar in style to BTE aids in that a shell site above your ear and a wire travels down from there into your ear canal - but that’s where the similarities end. Open Fit BTEs are much newer technology than traditional BTEs - the sell above the ear is much [...]