Hearing Aids

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © July, 2010   Has this ever happened to you? You are outside, perhaps playing golf, or rough-housing with your kids/grandkids when you realize you are not hearing much anymore. One ear seems deaf. You clap your hands to your ears, and to your horror, you discover one of your […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. with Bob McPherson A lady explained: A person asked me about the best hearing aid batteries. She was inquiring about “gold” batteries and I’m not familiar with them. Are these “gold” batteries any better than the regular zinc- air batteries? The expert on hearing aid batteries, and where to get the […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Some people have been longing for a completely implantable hearing aid. Besides the (dubious) advantage of being completely invisible (people won’t be able to tell if you are hard of hearing so won’t make allowances when you don’t hear them), there are a few real advantages to a totally implantable hearing […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: Is it possible for hearing aids to be programmed to deal with “recruitment”, the loud “bursty” elements of sound? This seems to be quite a common problem for those of us with more severe hearing losses. Few audiologists seem to take the time to properly test for recruitment, […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Distance and noise are two enemies of hearing aids. That is why hard of hearing people often need to use assistive devices coupled with their hearing aids in order to hear beautiful, clear sound. There are many “generic” assistive listening devices that couple with hearing aids via their built-in t-coils. This […]