by Hear Virginia | May 7, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
You’ve more than likely been told that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes today’s technologies so much...
by Hear Virginia | Apr 26, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Sometimes, it seems as if we prefer to deceive ourselves. Wikipedia has an page called “List of common misconceptions” that includes hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I understand it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of the page and you’ll...
by Hear Virginia | Feb 14, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Check out this article in which we’ll examine the evolution of hearing aids throughout three distinct periods and levels of technology in history. Today, millions of people benefit from the use of state of the art hearing aids, but it wasn’t always that way....
by Hear Virginia | Feb 5, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
All the greatest inventors had their motivations when it came to hearing aid technology. Just look at Alexander Graham Bell. Did you know his mom suffered from hearing loss and his wife was deaf? It’s true. This spurred him on to do more research in the field of...
by Hear Virginia | Jan 15, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
Researchers are looking at ways to apply new signal processing strategies to the design of hearing aids. Signal processing is the method used to modify normal sound waves into amplified sound that is the best possible match to the remaining hearing for a hearing aid...
by Hear Virginia | Jan 14, 2015 | Hearing Aids News
It’s critical that your hearing aid adequately fits your ears perfectly and matches your level of hearing damage. This is why no two hearing aids are alike because everyone has different needs. How your hearing aid is programmed varies with your degree of hearing...