Hearing Aids

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, I was led to think that higher-end hearing aids were more powerful than lower end aids. I need power aids as I have a profound loss in both ears. What features are important? Is Bluetooth a must? How about t-coils? Can I have both in one waterproof aid…at […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, Have you ever heard of Rexton hearing aids? A new hearing dispenser opened up in Springfield, Ohio and she tells me she has the perfect hearing aid for profound hearing loss and guarantees I would hear 100% better. She tells me that I might not be able understand […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote, I was listening to National Public Radio (NPR) this morning and heard a story about a company in Chicago making affordable self-programmable hearing aids. The price is $300. They say they can keep the price affordable by using off the shelf technology rather than spending millions of dollars […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Researchers are working on a cool new middle ear implantable hearing aid. It will consist of three parts: a case with a microphone and battery—probably to be worn in the ear; an electro-acoustic transducer implant attached to the round window in the middle ear; and a wireless optical signal and energy […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained, Austin TX is a large and sophisticated city, but I haven’t been able to find a single hearing aid dispenser who has the equipment for using real ear speech mapping. My readings tell me that speech mapping is the one essential thing I should do when buying new […]