What is a hearing aid?

Hearing aids have changed a lot.
How they look (they’re way smaller) and what they can do (they’re pretty smart) are very different than even a few years ago.

Hearing aid is a small electronic device that helps people with many types of hearing loss. It amplifies and alters sounds to make up for damaged or non-working parts of the ear. All hearing aids work by making sounds louder. Many types also change sounds, like background noise, so that other sounds, like speech, are easier to understand. Hearing aids work best for people with mild to severe hearing loss where speech understanding is still good. Hearing aids may not work well for people with severe to profound loss. When hearing aids no longer provide adequate benefit a cochlear implant should be considered. When a patient has conductive or mixed hearing loss or single-sided deafness a Baha® system should be considered. If you are interested in learning more about hearing aids, contact one of our outlets now.