HEARING AIDS, PURCHASE AND NEED

HEARING AIDS, PURCHASE AND NEED

Hearing Aids, do you need one, which one do you buy, one or two, etc.

A relatively new site for great information and ideas regarding hearing loss can be found at www.hearingexchange.com. This site is well done and covers just about every aspect of hearing loss imaginable, including news on implants and "Paula's Pearls" where the site founder Paula Rosenthal posts articles which she authors. See below for an example of "Paula's Pearls". You will be hearing more from her as time goes on.

For some good advice and information about purchasing new hearing aids, we have put together two (2) articles, one by Dr. Mark Ross and one by Paula Rosenthal which will give you some pointers. The link to the articles is: http://qcshhh.tripod.com/so_you_want_to_buy_a_new_hearing.htm

QC SHHH member, Dr. Mark Ross, has recently released a new article discussing "Frequency Compression Hearing Aids", which you will find to be of interest and educational. Learn about this fairly new technology, it is a real benefit for people who suffer hearing loss in a particular sound range, generally the higher frequency sounds. The link for this article is: www.hearingresearch.org/frequency_compression_hearing_ai.htm

Confused as to whether you should have one or two hearing aids? Audiologist, Dr. Enid Smith of HealthyHearing may answer some of your questions in an article appearing at http://www.healthyhearing.com/healthyhearing/newroot/articles/arc_disp.asp?id=19&catid=1054 Also, consider the advice of Dr. Mark Ross in an article that can be found at http://www.hearingresearch.org/monaural.htm

If you need new hearing aids or need a cochlear implant and cannot afford one, and your insurance company won't help you out, Paula Rosenthal my have some help for you in one of Paula's Pearls. The article can be found at http://www.hearingexchange.com/articles/paulas-110601.htm Also from a PRN Newswire Press Release of September, 2001, learn about proposed changes to Medicare coverage which may provide coverage for hearing aids and aural rehabilitation. The press release is at http://qcshhh.tripod.com/press_release.htm

For a most interesting and somewhat light-hearted expose' on the cost of hearing aids, from Steve Barber as posted on Beyond Hearing, the article can be found at http://qcshhh.tripod.com/steve_barber_cost_of_hearing_aids.htm

Not sure if you really have a hearing loss? Consider some of the information from Margie Ulrich, M.Ed CCC-A, in an article from HealthyHearing, which you can view at http://www.healthyhearing.com/healthyhearing/newroot/articles/arc_disp.asp?id=162&catid=1053

A recently discovered site with an enormous amount of information about ears, hearing, hearing loss and more -- check it out, http://www.hearingcenteronline.com/. It's a four star site!!

For some thoughts of an expert on how to reduce acoustic feedback, Dr, Mark Ross offers some advice in one of his latest articles, http://www.hearingresearch.org/Dr.Ross/Acoustic_Feedback_Control.htm

Hearing Health Magazine contains a detailed account of what the VA has been doing for Hearing Health Care for our war veterans. Read the details at http://www.hearinghealthmag.com/articles/archives/01_16_2002_veterans.html

For a concise discussion on hearing, hearing loss and hearing aids, from HealthyHearing, you won't want to miss the article at http://www.healthyhearing.com/healthyhearing/newroot/articles/arc_disp.asp?article_id=21&catid=1053 (Please note as this link is broken into two lines it may be necessary to copy the link and paste it in the address window of your browser.)

From HealthyHearing, a written hearing test to determine if you may need hearing aids. The test is at http://www.healthyhearing.com/healthyhearing/newroot/hearingtest/index.asp See also the hearing test offered on our page entitled "Telecommunications and Internet Services.

In need of contact information for hearing loss organizations, manufacturers of hearing equipment, distributors of ALDs and other hearing related equipment, medical associations for hearing related disorders or any other hearing loss related association or organization? Good chance you will find the necessary contact information at http://www.hearingreview.com/regbusiness02_a.html

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