Assistive Listening Devices

Did you know at least 20% of the population suffers from tinnitus, which is a ringing in the ears?

Did you know only 16% of doctors routinely screen for hearing loss?

Did you know 65% of those with hearing loss are under age 65?

Did you know the incidence of hearing loss has doubled over the last 30 years?

Did you know the number one cause of hearing loss is exposure to excessive noise?

Did you know every other person over age 50 has difficulty understanding?

Assistive Listening Devices

At the Hearing Health Center, we advocate the use of hearing instruments as a remedy for hearing loss; however, people with hearing loss are often in need of other assistive listening devices (ALDs) to further help them hear in certain listening situations.

We have products available that can help in each of these potentially difficult listening situations:

Telephone ringing
TV or radio
Driving in traffic
Talking on the telephone
On the job
Small group discussion
At mealtime or around the house
Restaurant
Party or social gatherings
Classrooms
Conference or lecture halls
Places of worship
Movie theater or playhouse
Outside hobbies such as bridge or golf
Background noise situations

Sometimes, more than a hearing instrument is needed to achieve optimal hearing. Many people do not wear their hearing instruments to sleep and do not hear the smoke alarm, baby crying, a knock on the front door, or even the telephone ringing, but Hearing Health Center caries a wide range of alarm alerting devices to assist in hearing all types of important sounds. Certain listening conditions are especially difficult for someone with a hearing loss. ALDs are designed to enhance the signal (speech), making it easier to understand in competing background noise. There are many devices to optimize understanding while watching television, using the telephone, hearing church services, theater, and movies.

Contact the Hearing Health Center to make an appointment, or stop by one of our offices to have ALDs demonstrated to you.


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