Archive for June, 2010

Imagine this scenario:  you’ve just finished getting an eye exam. As you suspect your doctor tells you that you will need a pair of contacts or eyeglasses to correct your vision.

You know you need to see well, and you realize your ability to see impacts nearly everything: your freedom, your safety and your day-to-day living.

“Can I get just one contact lens,” you blurt out to your physician, wondering if it would just be less expensive. After all, you reason, isn’t one corrected lens good enough?

As absurd as this question is it’s the same scenario that is playing out in hearing clinics across the country.

Just like impaired vision, the conditions that have caused damage to one ear have very likely caused damage to both ears. While you most certainly wouldn’t consider getting just one lens in a pair of eye glasses, many are opting for just one hearing aid when most of the time they really need two.

Having two hearing aids helps you hear more clearly so you can pinpoint where sounds are coming from.

Here are 7 more reasons why you should consider wearing 2 hearing aids:

1.You will have greater understanding in noisy environments.
2.You will experience smoother tone quality.
3. You will be able to hear more sounds.
4.Using both ears to hear helps you preserve the hearing ability you have in both ears.
5.Because you won’t have to work as hard to hear, creating an easier listening experience.
6.Hearing in both ears creates a sense of balance
7.You won’t be as shocked by loud noises.
 

If you think you or someone you care about has a hearing loss, call Hearing Aid Express today for a free hearing exam.

Remember the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is?”

The thought may have crossed your mind when a late night television ad appears for a hearing device that costs only $19.95 plus shipping.

These devices are known as Personal Sound Amplification Products. They are not hearing aids.

PSAPs amplify everything including noise. Hearing aids are able to be programmed and adjusted for your unique hearing loss so that they can focus on the sounds that you are not hearing.

Over-the-counter and some mail-order hearing devices can actually cause more hearing damage because they amplify sounds you may not need amplified. The result can mean an even greater hearing loss.

To be fit for a hearing aid, a patient must first take a hearing test to determine exactly what their hearing loss is. The results of the test are used to help select the most appropriate hearing aid for your loss.  To find out if you have a hearing loss, give us a call today and set up a free hearing test and consultation.