Hearing News
Microbattery.com Offers Hearing-Aid Battery Ratings Along With Low Prices
I’ve finally wised up and decided to get my hearing-aid batteries from a less expensive source than my local pharmacy. There are a lot of battery sites on the web, but the best I’ve found for hearing aids so far is Microbattery.com. Read more
Jawbone Bluetooth Cell Phone Headset Is A Hearing Aid In Disguise
Since its introduction late last hear, the Jawbone earpiece for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones has seemingly taken the world by storm. It is offered in many major consumer electronics outlets as well as at Apple stores as an iPhone companion, by AT&T Wireless and at Best Buy stores. Read more
Bernafon Brite Hearing Aids Win Prestigious Red-Dot Design Award
Shortly after my 80-year-old mother-in-law got a CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid, we got a panicked phone call one evening. “I just ate my hearing aid,” she screamed into the phone. Read more
Neurotone Improves LACE Hearing Comprehension Training Program
Neurotone has introduced the third generation of its groundbreaking LACE product, a personal computer learning program that helps people with hearing loss dramatically improve their listening and comprehension skills. Read more
Agilent Makes It Easy To Design Hearing-Aid Compatible Cell Phones
Now there’s no excuse. Agilent Technologies has come up with a design system enabling manufacturers of mobile phones to easily ensure their handsets meet all the hearing-aid-compatibility (HAC) standards mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Read more
HearUSA Hires NFL Coaching Legend Don Shula To Promote Hearing Aids
HearUSA, the rapidly growing conglomerator of hearing-aid retail stores across the U.S., has hired Don Shula, the legendary former coach of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins, to promote hearing aids among active Baby Boomers. Read more
Tell Your Congressional Reps To Support Hearing-Aid Tax Credits
It’s time to call your U.S. Senators and Representatives again to tell them to support the Hearing Aid Tax Credit – a $500 tax break for first-time buyers of hearing aids. This is the third year in a row bills have been introduced in both the Senate (S. 1410) and House (H.R. 2329). Read more
Untreated Hearing Loss Will Take A Huge Bite Out Of Your Income
Yesterday was Labor Day in the U.S., and that got me thinking about just how much harder it is to get through a working day now than before I lost much of my hearing. To quantify the problem, I went back to a study released earlier this year by the Better Hearing Institute, which found that Americans with untreated hearing loss earned less income than people with normal hearing to the tune of $23,000 a year, on average, or over $100 billion a year nationwide. Read more