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Hearing aids for teenagers

by admin on October 11, 2009

Certainly there are slight medical and physical differences that need to be considered when discussing hearing aids for teenagers. The ears of teens are different from those of kids or adults. But beyond the sizing and the maturation of the ears, hearing aids for teenagers require their own conversation because of the vanity of teens [...]

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Hearing Aids Blog

by admin on September 10, 2009

We are excited to be celebrating the one year mark of the hearing aids blog!! Let’s be honest, it is not always easy to come up with new topics to blog about but it is important to keep writing about heairng aids! We are very proud about our hearing aids blog and how much we [...]

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Recycle your hearing aid

by admin on July 19, 2009

If you or someone you love is getting a new hearing aid – maybe a nice phonak or siemens hearing aid they may also be getting rid of a hearing aid. The market for selling used hearing aids is very soft for a number of reasons. People do not like buying used hearing aids because [...]

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Happy 4th of July – cover your ears

by admin on July 5, 2009

Happy Birthday America, I hope it was a good one. We had wonderful weather in Seattle. As we all know, Fireworks are a key part to the celebration of the fourth of July and New Years. The challenge is that many people are comfortable protecting their eyes around fireworks, but very few wear ear protection. [...]

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Hidden hearing aids for women

by admin on June 22, 2009

I need some help here. The topic I am about to write about feels a bit charged and I want to handle it properly. The topic is the creation of devices designed at women to ‘hide’ hearing aids. To me, these seem sexist and a bit old fashioned. Am I being too sensitive here? What [...]

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Montana close to Hearing Aid Tax Credit

by admin on April 7, 2009

It is a ways away but a tax credit for hearing aids in Montana is making progress. Hearings have been held for the credit. It now needs to be approved by the taxation committee before consideration by the entire house. This is wonderful news for people living in Montana. Ideally this will set in motion [...]

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Don’t Hide Your Hearing Aid!

by admin on March 23, 2009

A very cool new initiative is being announced in the world of hearing aids, instead of hiding them, people are choosing to make them an accessory. Millions of baby boomers are coming of age and these people have hurt their hearing at Nascar, rock concerts and more. These people are hip and not afraid to [...]

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Wired Magazine takes a hard look at hearing aids

by admin on March 16, 2009

In a very hard hitting and often accurate article, Wired magazine lets out a load of frustration on the world of hearing aids. In a nutshell they ask – why do glasses work so well to improve vision, cost less than $200, have unchanged technology and are covered by insurance usually WHEN none of that [...]

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Hearing aid battery exciting news!

by admin on March 8, 2009

I touched on it a bit in the last post but I wanted to commit an entire offering to the launch of Zero Mercury hearing aid batteries by Energizer. This is a major announcement for hearing aid batteries – a field who has had rather stagnant technological growth over the last decade. The National Electronic [...]

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Eat an Orange and help your hearing

by admin on February 11, 2009

In what seems to be good news for people using hearing aids and also people in general who are worried about their hearing, recent studies have shown that consuming certain vitamins can indeed help protect hearing from both short and long term damage. In short, if you want to protect your hearing and avoid the [...]

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