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Hearing Aids - Which One Is Best For Me?

November 24th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Hearing problems can be divided into 2 categories, namely conductive and “sensorineural”. An irregularity in the communication of sound to the outer or middle ear is called conductive, while an abnormality on the cochlear and auditory nerve is referred to as sensorineural. The former can be helped with the use of analog hearing aids which basically amplifies sound. The latter fixes the problem of sound processing, and use of digital hearing aids gets the job done.

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Hearing Aids For All

July 7th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

When people start having problems with their hearing, they usually turn to hearing aids for them to hear better. The old days featured what looked like ‘ear horns’ or funnel shaped devices that amplified sounds whenever people needed to listen to something. It was unwieldy but effective.Fortunately breakthroughs in technology have made it possible for us to do away with those the odd-looking device. These days, hearing aids are commonly electronic devices that are worn on the ear like your everyday ear phone. The primary design had a rectangular battery pack that connected to the ear piece with a long wire with the battery pack was usually placed in the user’s pocket. However the microphone used to amplify sounds wasn’t placed very strategically so this design tended to be flawed, often suffering disturbances from the user’s clothing. Later on, they came up with hearing aids that had a small battery inside the actual ear piece.

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