Many people out there have Unilateral Hearing Loss {link to unilateral HL blog}, meaning that they have hearing loss just in one ear. If the loss in the poorer ear is severe or profound in nature and makes the ear “unaidable” (meaning that a hearing aid cannot help that particular ear), or if there is…
If you have purchased your hearing aids through Hearing Revolution, you know that your hearing aids come with a three year warranty that covers loss, damage, and repair. If you have purchased your hearing aids somewhere else, they most likely came with paperwork that tells you whether you have a one, two, or three year…
10) Power CIC (Completely-in-the-Canal) style aids are available so that even if your hearing loss is big, your hearing aid can still be small! 9) A very natural sound quality that doesn’t seem metallic or harsh. 8) Hands-free operation for most listening situations and environments! 7) Remote Control compatible so you can easily and discreetly…
After talking about telecoils and loops, let’s talk about another technology that is taking strides and making headlines. Bluetooth technology is another very effective way to use your hearing aids with phones, but you will need to have Bluetooth enabled hearing aids as well as a Bluetooth enabled phone. Many of today’s hearing aids are…
Next, I would like to explain what some of the different phone “Vocabulary Words” mean in the hearing aid world, because it can be confusing when you are trying to pick out a hearing aid. Telecoil: (also known as T-coil). A telecoil is a tiny coil of wire that will induce an electrical current in…
Today we will begin talking about hearing aids and phones and how they work together (and how sometimes they do NOT work together as you would like). I will be starting with some basics and we will build as we go. Regardless of whether or not you wear hearing aids, most people use…