While we’re waiting for automatic movement hearing aids to be invented (or alternatively, for ear transplants to become available), let’s talk about hearing aid batteries. Types of Hearing Aid Batteries From the old-fashioned mercury zinc button batteries, modern hearing aid batteries now typically fall into one of two categories –
Read more →IIC, CIC, ITC, ITE, BTE, RITE, RIC… OMG!! Choosing the right hearing aid can be overwhelming and frustrating, as demonstrated from this baffling list alone. Add to it the number of hearing aid manufacturers claiming their products provide the clearest sound, the longest battery life, are the most discreet, the
Read more →Evidence of hearing loss dates back to at least 10 000 years ago with archaeological investigations uncovering human remains with auditory exostoses, bony growths in the ear canal that may cause hearing impairment. The earliest written record of hearing loss was found in ancient Egypt where a manuscript dated to
Read more →Many of our customers ask if they can wear headphones with hearing aids. It has always been a complicated question because the answer always was dependent upon the type of hearing aid the customer wore. However, now with advances in both headphones and hearing aids, it is possible to wear
Read more →It’s always a good thing when there are positive developments in the world of audiology. This month saw two reports that we want to share with you. Researchers say they are getting closer to developing cognitively-controlled hearing aids Scientists say that the rate of hearing impairment in teens may be
Read more →Forty-eight million Americans have some degree of hearing loss and increasingly public services and institutions have become aware of it. As a result, research is being performed, programs enacted, services deployed, and products developed to improve the quality of life for the hearing impaired. Here are some of the recent
Read more →If you suffer from hearing loss you have a lot of company. Approximately one in three people between the ages of 65 and 74 suffers with hearing loss and nearly half of those older than 75 have difficulty hearing. If you are a Baby Boomer born after 1946, you may
Read more →There are many differences between L2L Hearing Centers and big box retailers like Costco. At Listen 2 Life Hearing Center, we pride ourselves on the level of care and satisfaction provided to each of our patients. There are many reasons why a patient would prefer to come to L2L Hearing
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