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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!

We recently came across a helpful article about hearing loss. Published in Frost Illustrated, the article reminded us of the all-important truth that summer noises can lead to permanent hearing loss. When we typically think of summer, we look forward to warm weather, sunshine and maybe even trips to the park or beach with family. But what’s often forgotten is the many loud noises that come along with summer that can actually cause permanent hearing loss.

The article points out that noises louder than 80 decibels such as lawn mowers and fire crackers are loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss, so you should wear ear plugs or another type of hearing protection. Really, noise from fireworks, marching bands, lawn mowers and traffic can get between 90 and 140 decibels, according to an assistant audiology professor quoted in the story.

The assistant professor went on to say that when people ride bikes, they wear helmets to protect themselves. So when we go to places with loud noises, we should take the same care to protect ourselves by wearing ear plugs or another kind of hearing protection. “Once your hearing is gone, it is gone forever,” he said.

The article also mentions something we’ve talked about here many times before: hearing loss in young people as a result of listening to music too loudly on MP3 players. More and more  young people are experiencing hearing loss because of this.

Hearing Loss Help at Hearing Aid Express

If you’re experiencing hearing loss, it may be time to look into the option of getting hearing aids. At Hearing Aid Express, we proudly carry a variety of models from several different brands such as Unitron, Starkey and ReSound. Stop by one of our convenient locations in Austin, Houston or Dallas to find out more information about hearing aids, or feel free to contact us.

Are you in the Austin area and interested in hearing aids? If so, you may have seen our full-page color ad in today’s Austin American-Statesman. This week only, May 11-15, Austin and Cedar Park Hearing Aid Express locations are having a special event.

Wanted: 90 people! Be one of the first individuals in the U.S. to try the world’s most invisible hearing system. The ReSound bug is the first custom hearing aid ever created with Invisible Open Technology. It is made to fit entirely inside your ear.

The ReSound bug hearing aid fits entirely inside your ear — it’s cutting edge technology. This hearing aid has a microscopic sound processor. Traditional hearing aids are a thing of the past. The ReSound bug hearing aid is offered exclusively at Hearing Aid Express.

Unlike traditional hearing aids, the ReSound bug is a hearing aid engineered with Invisible Open Technology, which makes it an innovative — and virtually invisible — hearing instrument.

This week only, the ReSound bug is $1,495 each at Hearing Aid Express in Austin and Cedar Park. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer and expires on May 15, 2009.

Hearing Aid Express has another fantastic deal going on this week at the Austin and Cedar Park locations: All models of GN ReSound Essence are $695. Don’t be fooled by inferior technology — the ReSound Essence hearing aid is the most customizable longest-lasting hearing instrument in its class and comes standard with these features:

• Power-saving chip technology for extended battery life
• Three customizable programs
• NoiseTracker noise reduction
• Low battery indicator
• Dual Stabilizer DFS feedback manager
• Dual microphone technology

(Fitting range of up to 65/85dB loss. Some restrictions apply. At time of purchase only. Expires May 15, 2009.)

Don’t miss this great event all week long at Hearing Aid Express in Austin and Cedar Park!

Hearing Aid Express: Austin
8127 Mesa Dr., #B-207
(512) 346-6884

Hearing Aid Express: Cedar Park
200 South Bell Blvd., #C-1
(512) 249-9367

ReSound hearing aids are made by ReSound, a company based out of Bloomington, Minnesota, where they have a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and over 500 employees. Every month, ReSound produces thousands of hearing aids and also services hearing loss products.

ReSound Hearing Aids: Top Tier

Hearing Aid Express is proud to offer the ReSound Azure hearing aid. This top-tier ReSound hearing aid is a behind-the-ear unit that is made up of two parts: a plastic case behind the ear and an earmold. The earmold transmits amplified sound. The ReSound Azure hearing aid is a high performance unit that offers enhanced hearing to users who have found that their hearing problems are affecting their quality of life. Affordable, comfortable and inobtrusive, the ReSound Azure hearing aid can help users hear sounds more clearly and participate in conversations with ease.

ReSound Hearing Aids: Mid Tier

There are two ReSound hearing aids that we consider mid tier. The ReSound X-plore hearing aid, a behind-the-ear unit, is built for years of dependable, affordable hearing assistance. The ReSound Ziga hearing aid is another affordably, quality hearing aid from ReSound that is a behind-the-ear unit.

ReSound Hearing Aids: Basic Tier

Considered basic tier, the ReSound Essence hearing aid is very affordable and offers users the ability to hear sounds more clearly and loudly. This ReSound hearing aid is ideally for budget-conscious consumers and has the ability to be fine-tuned to meet your needs.

Find ReSound Hearing Aids at Hearing Aid Express

If you’re shopping for ReSound Hearing Aids, you’ll no doubt love the selection of them at Hearing Aid Express. With plenty of locations in Houston, Austin and Dallas, Hearing Aid Express is the best place to find ReSound Hearing Aids along with many other quality hearing aids. We’re very proud to offer ReSound hearing aids here at Hearing Aid Express.

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.