Why choose open fit hearing aids?
There have been several momentous changes in the production and manufacture of hearing aids, but none so dramatic as the introduction of open ear hearing aids.
Firstly, there was the traditional ear trumpet. Then, the first proper hearing aids were introduced, in the form of the little box, which would sit around the neck or in a breast pocket. That was known as the ‘body worn’ he (more…)
How do they differ?
Analogue hearing aids use a amplifier to raise all sounds by a certain amount, which can be adjusted by a simple volume control. The problem with this is that hearing loss is rarely equal over the range of pitches and by raising the volume to hear speech, we will be raising the level of background noise as well. Difficult!
In fact many of us have been put off wearing a hearing device for just tha (more…)