Archive for November, 2009

Tinnitus is often described as ringing in the ears — the sound is also sometimes compared to crickets chirping, locusts, roaring, ticking or beeping — and it affects about 50 million people in the United States. The cause can be hearing loss, allergies, ear wax or ear infections, but whatever the cause, one thing is for sure: tinnitus is debilitating for those who experience it. The good news is that hearing aids may help.

A recent Your Health feature in USA Today answers a question from a reader who suffers from tinnitus. “Is there a hearing aid that can filter out this miserable ringing/buzzing in my ears?” writes the reader. Columnist Kim Painter includes advice from Duke University Medical Center otolaryngologist Debara Tucci, who says that “everyone with tinnitus should be checked by a doctor.” The reason for this is so that a doctor can determine the cause.

She also says that hearing aids can help with tinnitus for some people, since it can be a side effect of hearing loss. According to Tucci, the brain may compensate for a lack of sound input by making its own sound effects. Treating hearing loss with hearing aids, then, can be helpful.

Tinnitus Treatment

Are you or a loved one suffering from tinnitus? Hearing Aid Express offers a new tinnitus treatment, and it’s available only at our stores in Dallas, Houston and Austin. This clinically proven treatment, called Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT), features an intelligent sound generator that produces individually customized sounds tailored to your unique needs. It also automatically adapts to different listening situations.

If you’d like to get this treatment, the cause of your tinnitus does not have to be hearing loss. We invite you to stop by one of our Houston, Austin or Dallas stores to find out more about this, or you can contact us online or call one of our hearing aid stores. We are glad to answer your questions about hearing loss, hearing aids and tinnitus.

Last week, an Edmonton, Canada child’s hearing aids were stolen during a robbery at her home — the burglar also stole the family’s Xbox and game accessories while they were out to dinner. The hearing aids, worth $22,000, were in the child’s backpack, which the burglar used to carry off the Xbox and games.

The support the family has seen from friends is truly wonderful. The Canoe.ca News reported that the mother’s co-worker brought to work on Friday an Xbox and games for her son, and a friend of the family’s held a fundraiser.

Thankfully, though, one of the hearing aids has turned up. Someone anonymously returned one to a drop-off location at a local shopping center. Both hearing aids were worth about $22,000, and the family has been understandably devastated by the loss. Eleven-year-old Haley, the child, used one of the hearing aids full time and the other was a spare.

Along with the stolen device, the person also returned the Xbox and the backpack. The police are looking into whether there are fingerprints on the Xbox or backpack they can use to track down the thief. Police have said that it’s possible the other hearing aid could have fallen out of the backpack.

Learn More About Hearing Aids

Hearing Aid Express is proud to announce our new Sugar Land hearing aids store! Located at 1865 State Hwy 6, Suite #120, our new location is yet another convenient option for Houston-area shoppers. Our knowledgeable and helpful staff is ready to answer any questions you might have about hearing aids and hearing loss.

We offer quite an impressive selection of hearing aids at our new store. Starkey, Unitron and ReSound are all well-known brands you’ll find. There are Open Fit Technology hearing aids like the ReSound Azure, Starkey Destiny and  ReSound Bug, along with top-, mid- and basic-tier hearing aids. Prices range from $495-$3,600 each.

Sugar Land Hearing Evaluation

Get a free hearing evaluation at our new Sugar Land store! We offer this service at all of our locations, and there’s never an obligation to buy anything. Additionally, we offer these other free services on a daily basis:

• Free cleanings and adjustments
• Free personalized programming on purchases from Hearing Aid Express
• Free digital demonstrations

Sugar Land Hearing Aids: Coupons

If you’re planning on coming by the new Sugar Land store, don’t forget to print out our coupon. We’re happy to offer hearing aid coupons to make it more affordable to get help with hearing loss. In addition to coupons, we also offer hearing aid batteries for just 50 cents each. That’s the same price they were back in 1989 when we first started. Any size or brand, even Rayovac and Lightning, are still just 50 cents. We can even mail them to you for a small postage fee.

Contact our new Sugar Land hearing aids store by calling (281)-494-4327 or toll free at (888)-493-4327. You can also contact us online.

Hearing Aid Express
(Hwy 59 @ Hwy 6)
1865 State Hwy 6,
Suite #120
Sugar Land, TX 77478

View a map to our Sugar Land hearing aids store.