Information About Hearing Aids
You may be confused about the various types of hearing aids available. That's understandable as the technology is changing rapidly. There are many different types of hearing aids available today that weren't available even three years ago.
Conventional hearing aids are less readily available as manufacturers move to digital processing hearing aids. These devices are much smaller and more effective than conventional units. Chances are many of those around you will not realize you are wearing a hearing aid.
Only a full-service audiology center such as the Center for Audiology can provide you with a full range of instruments from a variety of manufacturers.
- Purchasing a Hearing Aid
- Digital Processing Hearing Aids
- What to Expect from Your Hearing Aid
- The 30 Day Trial Program
Purchasing a Hearing Aid
Purchasing a hearing aid can be confusing at times. Especially a first time buyer may find the decision difficult. You have seen national hearing aid companies advertise boasting of high performance hearing aids or one that give you better hearing in restaurants, churches, and at ball games, etc. Some of these devices accomplish this by using traditional circuitry that compresses background noise and sounds instead of filtering them out.
Advanced technology provides digital devices with very small computer chips to monitor and electronically control the hearing environment.
Before you purchase a hearing aid, it is important to understand what is available. The Center for Audiology provides a wide variety of instruments from various suppliers. Finding the right one for your particular needs is important to us. Remember, hearing care involves more than hearing aids. It involves total hearing health care available from the Center for Audiology.
Digital Processing Hearing Aids
Truly the most astonishing and exciting breakthrough in hearing health care is the digital processing hearing instrument. This instrument is 100% digital making millions of calculations per second. Using digital processing, the same technology used in CD players, it processes incoming sound with a multiple band equalizer. The result is clear, harmonious sound tailored to your particular hearing requirements. There is no volume control and no remote control. It is truly automatic. Speech and other sounds are constantly monitored and processed with greater precision than your compact disc player. You simply turn it on in the morning and off at the end of the day.
Premium digital instruments will monitor all incoming sound and reduce any sound that is not recognized as a speech signal. In addition, there are multiple frequency bands for fine tuning and adjustment and special circuitry to identify and eliminate feedback.
What to Expect From Your Hearing Aid
Because the Center for Audiology focuses on total hearing health care, hearing aids are not our only business. Hearing health care is our business. We will work with you to find the best options to deal with your hearing concerns. When we do fit you with a hearing aid, it will be the right device from the right manufacturer to suit your needs. We will work with you to be sure your hearing aid fits properly and provides the hearing correction you need.
We look forward to working with you to achieve better hearing. We're committed to total hearing health care.
The 30 Day Trial Program
You may have stopped wearing your old hearing aids because they're uncomfortable, too loud, or they just don't provide the hearing correction you need. The Center for Audiology's 30 Day Trial Program allows you to experience the difference new technology makes.
The Trial Program includes a digital hearing aid that has replaced the traditional eight transistor hearing, allowing for 30 billion combinations of prescriptions within a single hearing aid. The amplification system makes soft sounds louder while automatically moderating annoying loud noises.
For more information about the 30 Day Trial Program, or for information on audiological services, call or email the Center for Audiology.