Hearing Aids in Philadelphia

Hearing aids at our Philadelphia locations are available in many different sizes and styles thanks to advancements in digital technology and miniaturization of the internal components. Many of today’s hearing aids from leading manufacturers such as Signia, Oticon, Sonic, Phonak, and Starkey, are sleek, compact, innovative, advanced technologically, and designed to meet the ever-changing lifestyles of hearing aid wearers. The cost of hearing aids generally is dependent on the technology and features offered and not necessarily on the style. Today’s digital hearing aids are typically offered in various levels such as premium, advanced, essential, and basic.

Basic digital hearing aids generally require the wearer to make some manual adjustments in certain listening environments such as turning a volume control up or down, or pushing a button to change listening programs. In contrast, a premium or more advanced hearing aid will offer Bluetooth technology and will respond automatically to changes to the listener’s environment, making changes based on the signals being detected by the hearing aid. The hearing aid wearer is not required to make any manual changes. As the level of the technology increases in hearing aids, so does the availability of advanced features.

How to Choose a Hearing Aid

The type of hearing aid that you select to mitigate your hearing loss is dependent on a number of factors:

• Factor in your lifestyle and the environments that you frequently visit, i.e., office, gym, movie theater, restaurants
• Comfort, cosmetics & budget
• Degree of the hearing loss (power requirements)
• Manual dexterity & visual abilities
• Skin sensitivities
• Anatomical/medical considerations

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