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Hearing aids in movies

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:51:47 +0000

As the summer blockbusters have come out I was thinking about using hearing aids in the movie theaters. Has anyone ran into any problems with hearing movies while using hearing aids? In theory, hearing aids should work perfectly while viewing movies, but as we know, things do not always stick to theory.
I am wondering if perhaps the powerful sound systems at movie theaters these days are maybe too loud for the filters of some hearing aids. But this also begs the analysis that not all aids are created equal.
If anyone has any experience with problems centered around hearing aids in movie theaters could you please post them? Also, and perhaps of more importance, if anyone has solutions for how to deal with the challenges, please post them to our hearing aid blog as well. Have a great day!

Back to school hearing aids

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:35:02 +0000

Summer is drawing to a close and it is time to think about going back to school. This can be a very trying time for children who have been fitted for a hearing aid over the summer or for children who use hearing aids who are going into a new school.

As parents of children with hearing aids please give special attention and support to your children during the first weeks of school. We all know how rough a new situation can be and it is only exaggerated with the addition of wearing an aid.

It does seem that as hearing aids get smaller and smaller and kids are more comfortable with technology that it is less of an issue than 20 years ago but it is still very complex. Support your children in the fall. They need it!

Hearing aid financial aid

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:25:51 +0000

We all know now that hearing aids are not covered by insurance so I thought it may be interesting to dig into other ways to find financial aid for hearing aids.

Unfortunately after a good hour of researching the topic on google and bing I have not found any exciting leads for financial aid for hearing aid. Perhaps the problem is that I am searching to specifically and should be looking for monetary aid in general but that comes with so many hoops and strings attached and again I fear that hearing aids would be viewed as a luxury rather than the needed piece of equipment that they are. The battle continues. If you have any ideas about ways to get financial aid for hearing aids please post them!

hearing aids in small cities

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:09 +0000

I will be spending the next week in a the great city of Ellensburg Washington. It is making me wonder about the usage and adoption of hearing aids in smaller cities and towns throughout the US versus usage in the big cities. My gut instinct tells me that small town people probably use hearing aids less than those people of larger cities but I have no data to support this.

In general I am assuming that health care in bigger cities is better than that in smaller towns but as I write this I start to question this. There is no evidence that supports it.

Does anyone reading this have any insight into the usage of hearing aids in small cities across this great nation. Or, a bit more tangentle, does anyone know stats around health insurance registration in small cities and town versus the larget metropolisis?

I know that every where in the US there are people that need to use hearing aids but do not because they can’t afford them. I am simply wondering if this is a bigger or smaller problem in smaller places.

Hearing aids still not insured

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:32:25 +0000

As I research for topics to write about on this blog I find myself reading numberous articles and posts about hearing aids from writers across our country. One topics that simply never goes away and frankly is increasing is that of Insurance not covering hearing aids.

This is just a brutal reality that needs changing. People have a hard enough time coming to the realiztion that they may indeed need hearing aids, let alone agreeing to pay over $4,000 for them. Who has $4,000 lying around? No one does and that is why so many people who would have much better lives with hearing aids simply do not opt to purchase them.
I firmly believe that the government, be it local, state or national need to get involved and force insurance companies to cover hearing aids as well as the required visits to audiologists. People deserve the right to have access to affordable hearing aids and care. We are a wealthy country that spends ridiculous amounts of money on war and other things, it is time we did the right thing and forced insurance companies to cover hearing aids and all the accompanying issues.

School and hearing aids

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:24:22 +0000

I hate to bring the thought of fall in the middle of a wonderful summer but school will be here soon. We have all read recently about episodes of bullying occurring in schools. We must all be aware of the risk that children with hearing aids face at school. This is simply a horrible reality. Children do not understand hearing aids and they often mock what they do not understand.
As the time comes closer to send our kids back to school be very diligent in making sure that they are protected from any bullies if they use hearing aids. Thanks and have a great summer!

hearing aids in alaska

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:06:17 +0000

In an effort to salute the passing of deadliest catch star Phil, I want to quickly discuss hearing aids in Alaska. Does anyone know if the great state of Alaska has found ways to allow health insurance to cover hearing aids? I was thinking that a state as rich in minerals and natural resources as Alaska may be able to find a way to help those in need of hearing aids be served. Please tell me if you know anything about the rules of hearing aids in that state. I have yet to hear of an individual state offering rules on hearing aids that differ much from the national consensus but I am not done looking!

Hearing aids in portland

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:39:20 +0000

I am spending the day working in Portland, Oregon. I am wondering if Portland has any unique approaches to wearing or using hearing aids? Oregon has a unique rule at gas stations which makes it illegal to pump your own gas so I thought maybe they would have a unique approach to hearing aids. Probably a stretch.

What would be good to discover is that Oregon has forced health insurance companies to cover the cost of hearing aids. Does anyone have any insight into the states rules?

Fireworks and hearing aids

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:40:23 +0000

Another independence day has come and gone for our country and all I can think about is the hearing damage down by fireworks this year. It is such a shame that these loud fireworks hurt the ears of people in our country every single year. It is as if we don’t want to learn.
But rather than focus on the loss of hearing from tragedy I want to ask the people wearing hearing aids if they choose to keep them in during the watching of fireworks or if they remove them. It seems to me that the rumble from fireworks is almost felt as much as it is heard and therefore does not require the use of hearing aids but I could be very wrong. Please let me know!

Loopem or Loosem Hearing aid holders

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:56:08 +0000

I was just contacted by a very smart and nice person who used neccesity to invent a hearing aid holder. After paying well over $600 to replace a lost hearing aid he was determined to come up with a way to not lose another. This was the birth of Loopem or Loosem. These great tools attach to people’s eyeglasses creating a combo of glasses and hearing aids that are much more likley to not be lost.
Congratulations to my friend who sent this idea in. Please check out the Loopem or Loosem product and recommend it to anyone you know who wears hearing aids. These devices are too expensive to lose and this may be the tool to help this!