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David Ormerod offering cheap Rayovac hearing aid batteries

Jun 12th, 2007 | By Steve | Category: Information

David Ormerod Hearing Centre are running an offer on Rayovac hearing aid batteries.
The offer is running until 31st August 2007.
The normal price for a packet of 6 Rayovac batteries is around £3; this offer is undercutting that and it’s a case of the more you buy, the more you save. Well worth taking advantage of [...]



Testing your hearing aid

May 25th, 2007 | By Steve | Category: Buying a hearing aid, Information

Once you have visited an audiologist, had a hearing test and picked a hearing aid, you need to try out the aid and make sure it is suitable for you.
Read the first part of this guide: Buying your first hearing aid
You should always be given a trial period when you buy a hearing aid - [...]



oticon hearing aids

May 18th, 2007 | By Steve | Category: Information

Oticon company history
In 1904, Hans Demant began importing hearing aids into Denmark - his wife suffered from hearing loss and he was looking for a way to help her and other like her.
After Hans’ death in 1910 his son, William, too over the business - he continued to import hearing aids until the outbreak [...]



Free NHS hearing aid batteries for some!

May 11th, 2007 | By Steve | Category: Information

I posted this last week. There’s a comment on that post from Alison in which she says that hearing aid batteries have always been free in the UK - so I decided to check it out because I have always paid for mine!
I phoned the ENT department of my local hospital and asked them if [...]



Speaker-in-the-Ear Hearing Aids

May 4th, 2007 | By Steve | Category: Information

Currently, there is a trend in the hearing aid industry toward smaller and more discreet hearing aids, including the recent development of open fit hearing aids (also known as open ear hearing aids). Open fit hearing aids have one major limitation, however; they are not appropriate for many people with a more severe hearing loss [...]