Digital hearing aid technology
What are digital hearing aids?
Digitally programmable and digital hearing instruments are the newest products in the hearing health industry! These instruments offer more options or special features that aid in correcting your hearing problem more than conventional hearing instruments.
- Allows the Audiologist to fine-tune your hearing instruments to meet your hearing needs.
- Improves product reliability.
- Offers more options or special features that aid in correcting your hearing needs in different listening environments.
- Comes in a variety of sizes including in-the-ear, in-the-canal, or behind-the-ear hearing aids Hearing styles.
In general, there are 4 basic styles of hearing aids… Behind the Ear (BTE), In the Ear (ITE), In the Canal (ITC), Completely in the Canal (CIC). There are variations on the four basic styles. Your hearing healthcare professional (audiologist or hearing instrument dispenser) will work with you to help you decide on the best style for you, based on your needs and desires.
Directional Microphones
A directional microphone is built into the hearing aid and helps emphasize sounds coming from in front of the hearing aid and de – emphasize sounds coming from behind the hearing aid. Since most conversations occur with the listener facing the speaker, the assumption is that the speech will be coming from in front of the hearing aid and noise will be coming from behind the hearing aid.A recent study conducted at the University of Iowa and University of Pittsburgh concluded that individuals with hearing loss wearing directional microphones obtained scores for speech understanding in background noise comparable to those of college students with normal hearing.
- Improves speech understanding in noisy environments.
- Helps focus on the sounds of interest coming from the front by reducing amplification from the sides and rear of the wearer.
- Automatically adapts to and reduce the dominant noise source in a listening environment.
- Adaptive directional microphone system follows and reduces background noise
Open Ear Fitting
Slim tube open fittings offer the most cosmetically appealing solution to style-conscious clients. Discreet, lightweight, virtually invisible slim tube open fittings.
- Transparent, tiny plastic domes replace custom earmolds
- Choice of BTE colors including contemporary metallics
- Choice of slim tube open fittings or standard earmolds to satisfy more hearing losses
- Larger venting for better sound quality and more natural listening
- Slim tube open fittings do not occlude ears
- In-stock slim tubing and domes allow same day dispensing
WiFi Mic
Business meetings around a table, listening on the telephone, driving a car, or walking side-by-side with a friend pose listening challenges when you have one bad ear. WiFi Mic is a new digital system that uses advanced wireless technology to transmit sounds originating on the side of your "bad ear" to your "better ear" on the opposite side. No more worries about where to sit to hear conversations or to catch sounds you want to hear. With WiFi Mic, you’ll be able to hear both sides of the conversation. Discreet, Digital Wireless Technology. With WiFi Mic you will enjoy:
- Hearing conversations from your "bad side"
- Heightened awareness of sounds from all directions
- More relaxed, comfortable listening in varying environments
- Customization and optimization for different listening situations
Is the WiFi Mic for You? If the following description sounds like you, then the WiFi Mic may be the right solution for you:
- Significant hearing loss in one ear compared to the other.
- Workplace/lifestyle places high demand on hearing from the "bad ear" side
- Normal hearing or a hearing loss in the "better ear"
- Seeking greater convenience and listening comfort