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Offering Expertise in Digital and Analog Hearing Aids — Your NOWiHEAR Audiologist

NOWiHEAR's digital and analog hearing aids offer hearing impaired patients numerous benefits. With hearing aids, patients rejoin conversations with family and friends; feelings of isolation evaporate; TV, radio, and movies become pleasures again; and life overall improves immensely. NOWiHEAR has partnered with the leading hearing aid manufacturers to offer audiologists and their patients the most advanced digital and analog hearing aids at the best possible prices. Nearly all of our hearing aids come with the NOWiHEAR Advantage™ — a three-year, comprehensive warranty — at no extra cost. In addition, most of our exceptional hearing aids are powered by Energizer® hearing aid batteries. They just keep on going!

• Complete Care with a NOWiHEAR Audiologist
• Digital and Analog Hearing Aids
• BTE and ITE Hearing Aids
• Getting a Hearing Aid
• Our Supplier Partners

Complete Care with a NOWiHEAR Audiologist

In addition to providing expert diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss, an NOWiHEAR Audiologist is highly trained in determining the most effective hearing instrument for each particular patient, and a NOWiHEAR Audiologist custom fits analog and digital hearing aids and tunes them for maximum performance.

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Digital and Analog Hearing Aids

Digital hearing aids comprise more than 90 percent of all hearing aids currently being sold in the United States. Because of their superior sound-processing capabilities, digital hearing aids began gaining popularity in the late 1990s and gradually replaced analog hearing aids both in patient preference and in the market. Digital hearing aids process sound by using computer chips to convert sound waves into binary signals. Once the sound enters a binary form, the microprocessors within the hearing aid can manipulate the sound to reduce background noise and enhance clarity at incredibly fast speeds. NOWiHEAR Audiologists program all digital hearing aids via computer so that they are custom tuned specifically to a patient's hearing needs.

Analog hearing aids are much less versatile than digital hearing aids. They work by converting sound into electronic signals. The NOWiHEAR Audiologist custom adjusts an analog hearing aid with a tiny screwdriver. Analog hearing aids are less expensive than digital hearing aids and may be appropriate for patients on a strict budget.

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BTE and ITE Hearing Aids

Behind-the-Ear (BTE) hearing aids sit comfortably behind the ear and channel amplified sound through a tube to an earmold that has been custom designed to fit securely in the patient's ear. The larger size of BTE digital or analog hearing aids allows for larger amplifiers and longer battery life because they can accommodate bigger Energizer® hearing aid batteries.

In-the-Ear (ITE) hearing aids fit inside the canal and are less noticeable than BTE hearing aids. They come in several designs to suit the needs and desires of each patient.

Both ITE and BTE hearing aids offer benefit. What is most important is that you see a NOWiHEAR Audiologist who will customize your hearing aids to meet your individual needs.

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Getting a Hearing Aid

Seeing a NOWiHEAR Audiologist provides the assurance that the process of getting a hearing aid will provide the best hearing improvement possible. After determining your hearing needs with comprehensive audiology hearing tests that diagnose the cause of hearing loss and ruling out a medically treatable hearing loss, your NOWiHEAR Audiologist discusses the types of hearing aids that will best help you and offers a variety of choices that will suit nearly every taste and budget and that are available at the best hearing aid prices.

Once the hearing instrument has been chosen, the audiologist takes a precise physical or laser impression of your ear canal to custom fit the ITE hearing aid or BTE earmold. In a subsequent appointment, the NOWiHEAR Audiologist fits the hearing aid and custom tunes the instrument to your specific hearing loss, lifestyle, and preferences. The audiologist then carefully explains what you can expect of digital or analog hearing aids in different situations, demonstrates the proper handling of the instruments, including how to change the Energizer® hearing aid battery, and answers any questions.

You will return home to become familiar with the new hearing experience. As you become accustomed to the hearing aids, you may notice situations in which performance could be improved. In a follow-up visit, the NOWiHEAR Audiologist will fine tune the instrument exactly to your preferences.

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Our Supplier Partners

The analog and digital hearing aids offered by NOWiHEAR Audiologists are manufactured by the world leaders in hearing-instrument technologies. We are proud to offer hearing aids and support supplies by Phonak, Siemens, ReSound, Unitron, Interton, Audina, SeboTek, OakTree Products, Prairie Labs, Westone, and CounselEAR. These companies are continuously doing research and developing new technologies to aid those who suffer from hearing loss. Most advanced NOWiHEAR hearing instruments are powered by a dependable and long-lasting Energizer® hearing aid battery for maximum performance, and many instruments carry the NOWiHEAR brand as your assurance of the highest quality. NOWiHEAR's popular three-year warranty on most of the analog and digital hearing aids — the NOWiHEAR Advantage™ — provides the peace of mind that NOWiHEAR stands solidly behind its brand.

Contact NOWiHEAR today to locate a NOWiHEAR hearing impairment specialist in your area. Or if you prefer you can contact a NOWiHEAR Audiologist by clicking on the Consumer Push-to-Talk button on the home page of this site. Your NOWiHEAR Audiologist will provide custom care and the finest, most advanced digital and analog hearing aids available today. NOWiHEAR also offers additional information about hearing instruments and hearing care at www.aud-net.com.

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