Which Type of Hearing Aid is Best for You?

The ideal hearing aid for you depends on the severity of your hearing loss, your lifestyle, and your manual dexterity. Smaller aids are less visible, but don't offer quite as many features and might be more difficult to manipulate. People with more severe hearing loss might get better results with a behind-the-ear model with earmolds or an in-the-ear model. Owners of behind-the-ear, open-fit designs tend to have the most improved hearing in loud social settings.



Behind the ear open-fit

Pros: Comfortable, barely visible. No earmold.

Cons: Limited Manual Controls.







Behind the ear with earmold

Pros: Most versatile. Fits the widest range of hearing loss.

Cons: Most visible. Vulnerable to sweat and wax, so must be cleaned regularly.







Completely in the canal

Pros: Nearly invisible.

Cons: Vulnerable to wax and moisture, so needs regular cleaning. Short battery life.






In the canal

Pros: Barely visible.

Cons: Vulnerable to wax and moisture, so needs regular cleaning. Short battery life.






In the ear

Pros: More room for features. Less of a plugged up feeling.

Cons: More visible. Vulnerable to wax and moisture, so needs regular cleaning.



Illustrations courtesy Consumer Reports.

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Hearing Aids Can Save Your Life!

A Florida woman almost lost her life because she wasn't wearing her hearing aids. Fortunately, her dog cam to the rescue. Here's the story from the Miami Herald:

Dog Saves Fla. Woman from Fire

GROVELAND, Fla. -- A Florida woman's barking dog saved her from a fire at her home.

Lillian Miller, 58, thought her Chihuahua mix Spaz just needed to go outside when he started barking around 3 a.m. Saturday. She took him out, but when she returned to her mobile home in Groveland she saw flames coming from her living room window.

"He must have heard the fire alarm, but she couldn't hear it because she didn't have her hearing aids in," said her mother, Eudora Miller.

Groveland is west of Orlando.

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New Hearing Aid Tax Credit Bill

The Hearing Aid Tax Credit has been reintroduced in BOTH the House of Representatives (H.R. 1646) and the Senate (S.1019). If enacted, it would provide a $500 tax credit per hearing aid available once every 5 years. To let your Senators and Representative know that the Hearing Aid Tax Credit would make a real difference in your life go to The Better Hearing Institute now.