Hearing aid is an instrument through which sounds, both speech and environmental are recieved by a microphone, converted to electrical signals, amplified and reconverted to acoustic signals. However, like any other instrum...read more
Hearing aids are a wonderful invention, but only if they're actually worn. About six months ago I took my elderly mother, who has substantial hearing loss in both ears, to an ear doctor for a physical examination to rule o...read more
by Haroon
Everyone has their own definition of hearing impaired people. My diagnose is hearing impaired and I have my own definition. I'm deaf. No, I am proudly Deaf! I would not tell you if I do have my own hearing aids or not,...read more
by Ted Sherman
Huh? What did you say? I've finally reached the age I used to joke about when I was a kid. Remember the cartoons and old movies where grandpa would stick a trumet-like thing in his ear and ask people to speak up? Funny the...read more
After years of declining hearing, getting hearing aids is a life changing event. When wearing the aids, you will get headaches until your body adjusts as you pick up all the sounds you didn't hear before. It is a minor s...read more
When I met my father-in-law he was already quite old. You know the kind of old when a man has decided how he likes things in his life and can't really be made to think anything otherwise. He liked his eggs on toast in the ...read more
by Chabu Bowler
If you speak of "pros and cons" of hearing aids to me, I'll scream. The cons far outnumber the pros, but the relative weight of each has to be measured separately, and the "pros" will outweigh the cons in most cases. L...read more
by Lisa Arlin
The pros of having a hearing is that for the hearing impaired it allows them to have clear hearing without a hearing aid what is being said to someone heaaring impair would miss out. The pros would be when you are out yo...read more
What ever level of difficulty you have with hearing impairment, there is a hearing aid to suit your individual need. The vast majority of hearing aids on the market can be adjusted to your required level of assistance. Ana...read more
by Aubrea Glenn
I was very excited when my mother announced that she was finally getting a hearing aid. She has spent much of her life lip reading and pretending to understand the things going on around her, when in fact, a lot of the ti...read more
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