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Resound Aims at the Hearing Aid Sweet Spot

Resound hearing aids are known for making hearing devices that fit your life instead of forcing you to change your life to accomodate your hearing aid. Resound hearing aids are compact, sophisticated pieces of advanced technology. These aren’t your grandpa’s hearing aids.

Like most modern hearing aids, Resound hearing aids are targeted at the baby boomer generation, a massive demographic force that’s revolutionizing everything from walking sticks to the food they serve on cruise ships.

The X-plore: Resound’s Newest Hearing Aid Innovation

It looks like Resound’s hit that elusive hearing aid sweet spot, because 9 out of 10 X-plore users recommend the product. X-plore customers can opt for a more natural, behind-the-ear (BTE) fit that leaves the ear canal open to admit more sound, which results in a fuller hearing experience for the wearer, blending the hearing aid’s output with the ambient sound. A thin-tube coupling routes the hearing aid’s output into the wearer’s ear canal.

Resound’s hearing aid also adapts to the more vibrant, athletic lifestyle of today’s hearing loss sufferer with heavy-duty reliability. The Resound X-plore hearing aid is meant to accompany go-getters on their marathons, kayaking trips, mountaineering journeys, and globe-trotting fishing trips.

In addition, this Resound hearing aid runs for 330 hours on one size-13 battery and is factory-protected by an anti-corrosive coating.

The Resound X-plore Delivers Hearing Aid Performance

The directional microphone of the Resound X-plore, assisted by the innovative electronics in the heart of the hearing aid, excels at picking up soft speech, even in a busy restaurant or assembly hall. Feedback suppression from the Resound Dual Stabilizer prevents shrieking feedback from complex audio environments. The X-plore hearing aid also comes with Resound’s Active Wind Stop package, which prevents buffeting winds from turning into amplified roars of deafening noise.

The nice thing about all this engineering know-how is that, rather than complicating your life, the Resound X-plore hearing aid makes your life easier, not more complicated. How sweet is that?

Making the Switch to the Resound X-plore Hearing Aid

As you know, switching to a new Resound hearing aid can be a daunting challenge if you’re new to hearing aids. It’s quite a mental adjustment to go from the sounds you’ve heard for months and years to a completely new aural environment.

Fortunately, the Resound engineers have anticipated this problem with the Acceptance Manager, a digital audio coach that gradually increases its amplification over time, giving you plenty of time to adjust. At first, the Resound hearing aid does little to alter your sonic universe; as time passes, it gets more and more involved, bringing you the sounds you’ve been wanting to hear while weeding out the noise. The result? A short, painless transition to better hearing without any disorientation.

Consider This Resound Hearing Aid

A marvel of technology, the Resound X-plore hearing aid should be on your short list if you’re an active person with high standards about your hearing aid needs. If you’d like to see an X-plore in person, contact us or seek out one of our hearing aid store locations!

First let’s look at who Beltone actually is.

Beltone is one division (out of 4 divisions) of the GN ReSound Group.  Information on all four groups can be found here: www.gnresound-group.com/our_brands.html GN stands for Great Nordic, which is based in Denmark, and is one of the largest hearing aid manufacturers in the world.  They are the parent company of the GN ReSound Group which includes ReSound and Beltone.

Where Does Beltone fit in this Group?

Beltone is part of a network of dealers around the country.  The stores are typically owned by a Beltone dealer who has the rights to sell Beltone hearing aids in a certain geographic area.  They are a “captive network”, meaning they typically offer only Beltone brand hearing aids.  Beltone offices don’t carry hearing aids from manufacturers such as ReSound, Starkey, Siemens, etc.  If you want a Beltone hearing aid you have to get it from a Beltone dealer; if you want to choose from other brands you have to go somewhere else.

What about ReSound Hearing Aids?

ReSound hearing aids are manufactured by the same GN ReSound group.  These hearing aids are offered outside of a network.  They are dispensed by Doctor’s offices, Audiology clinics and Licensed Hearing Aid Dispensers.  Since these offices are not usually part of a network, they can (and typically do) offer hearing aids from more than one manufacturer.  This gives potential customers greater choice since they aren’t limited to choosing hearing aids from only one manufacturer.  As Great Nordic’s flagship brand, ReSound hearing aids typically get the newest technology advances before the other brands in the group (including Beltone).

Is GN ReSound Group the Only Company to offer Hearing Aids under Different Names?

No, a number of hearing aid manufacturers do this.  Miracle Ear hearing aids are manufactured by Siemens; Audibel and Nu-Ear hearing aids are manufactured by Starkey.

So are Beltone Hearing Aids Any Good?

Sure they are.  There is nothing wrong with the quality of Beltone hearing aids.  They are made using the same components – microphones, computer chips, receivers – as ReSound hearing aids.  They are both manufactured by one of the leading hearing aid companies in the world.

Why would I buy a Beltone Hearing Aid instead of a ReSound Hearing Aid?

Beats me.  With ReSound you have the same or newer technology.  ReSound hearing aids typically cost less (because many places carry them; they compete for your business.  You can only buy Beltone hearing aids at one place – the local Beltone dealer).  Plus, if you are in an office that carries ReSound hearing aids they probably carry other brands as well.  We do.  What if you prefer a brand other than ReSound (or Beltone)?  We think you should have more choices.