Hearing Aid Consumer Advice

In normal audiometric testing, the individual’s recognition of pure tones (single frequency) is tested. Speech recognition is of greater in...

Tympanometry is a method for doctors and audiologists to diagnose and monitor problems with the middle ear. It can help with identifying di...

It takes 3-9 months to adapt to hearing aids: Many new hearing aid wearers will not appreciate this and will quickly become detached from t...

There are only a handful of manufacturers of hearing aids operating in Europe. Most of them have offices in the UK. True ‘Hearing aids’ are ...

A company offering hearing aids from £99 to £399 through the post sounds tempting. I think this may suit some people, but in most cases, pe...

The market is so competitive now, and that's a situation that can benefit you SO MUCH Here's my analysis: YOU CAN EASILY FIND AN...

Please be aware that a large retailer MAY be falsely describing certain hearing aids - please do not misunderstand me - they are simply re-...

If you don't mind paying a bit more, then visit http://www.aihhp.org/ . This is an organisation supporting the long established family-r...

On a regular basis I'm asked "what about these wonderful spectacle aids?".... Unfortunately, a few hearing aid companies have...

..are great, but you do need to 'phone them and have a chat about WHO will actually deal with you and what their aftercare philosophy is...

These are still being offered for sale in the UK, even though they are hardly ever appropriate - and I'm asked to quote for these items....

Phonak / Unitron group are way out in front, and that's not surprising - the processor chip they use is creating very high levels of cli...

Sonova Holding AG is a Switzerland-based company operating in the healthcare sector. The Company offers hearing healthcare solutions, wirele...

Quite often you will come across companies claiming NATIONAL coverage, or that they have a representative in the area, or that they offer NA...

Please do not participate in such offers. The idea is that the likes of 'speech mapping' (real response measurement) or trials and t...