Hearing Aid Features to Consider and Ask About
Today’s sophisticated hearing aids have many different features and options. Some interesting ones to ask about include:
- Digital Directional Microphones – These microphones are designed to be more sensitive to sounds coming directly at you, and reduce the level of sounds coming from other directions. This can greatly improve speech understanding when competing noise is present.
- Digital Noise Reduction – This technology senses sounds such as air conditioner noise or car noise, and reduces the level of these noises, making them less annoying than would otherwise be the case.
- Digital Feedback Suppression – This technology looks for and suppresses that annoying squealing sound some hearing aids can produce when they are too loud or not worn properly.
- Automatic Volume Control – This technology constantly monitors the level of environmental sounds, and adjusts the volume of the hearing instrument to be appropriate for varying conditions.
AuDNet, Inc. is a nationwide network of independent audiology providers. All AuDNet audiologists have earned advanced university degrees in audiology, and are fully trained to interpret case histories, carefully test and evaluate all aspects of the auditory system, advise physicians on hearing loss and balance etiologies, and treat hearing loss and balance conditions that are not amenable to medical or surgical intervention.
The first consideration in seeking hearing care is the expertise and skill of the care giver. Through the AuDNet network of audiology providers, patients have an easy and effective way of insuring that they are receiving hearing care and treatment from qualified and highly trained audiologists