Apr 9, 2021 | Hearing Aids
Opinion | Top-10 “DIY Hearing Aids” and PSAPs By Karl Strom, editor I won’t mince words: there’s a lot of garbage online masquerading as quality hearing aids and personal sound amplification products (PSAPs). If you’ve been burned by what looks...
Mar 7, 2021 | Hearing Aids
Opinion | Editor’s Blog By Karl Strom, editor One question The Hearing Review gets all the time is: “Are Costco hearing aids any good, or are they just garbage [or perhaps insert a stronger word for garbage]?” The short answer is, if you’re talking about...
Oct 22, 2020 | Hearing Aids
Note: This article is currently being edited. BTEs, ITEs, CICs, ITCs, bone-conduction aids, CROs aids, telecoils—the list goes on and on. Here is a handy “cheat sheet” for understanding the primary types, styles, and options in hearing aids and...
Oct 21, 2020 | Alarms and Alerting Devices, Hearing Aids
There is a wide variety of amplification devices. Most of the distinctions between these products rely on how the FDA views and regulates them and their intended uses, and some of the categories overlap or are a little confusing and vague. Here are some basic...
Oct 21, 2020 | Hearing Aids, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
At first it doesn’t make sense. If you’re hearing is going, why is it so difficult to deal with loud sounds? Audiologists call the phenomenon hyperacusis, and it’s defined as the abnormal growth of loud sounds that become painful, so much so that sufferers start...
Oct 21, 2020 | Hearing Aids
Audiologists and hearing aid specialists often classify a hearing aid fitting as an “open fit” or a “closed fit” device. An open fit simply means that the earbud/dome or earmold allows sound to pass through it and into the ear canal mostly unhindered, so you receive...
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