Studies have shown that people with hearing loss wait an average of seven years before getting hearing aids. Why? Stigma associated with appearing old is one commonly cited reason. But there's another, simpler reason: inertia. The Bachelor Australia host Osher Günsberg waited more than a decade. But when he finally got high-end hearing aids, his life improved dramatically. … [Read more...] about Why Wait Ten Years For A Hearing Aid?
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Oticon App Adjusts Your Hearing Aids For You
Oticon will introduce a smartphone app in 2019 that automatically adjusts Oticon Opn hearing aids based on the user's preferences and behavior. The company says artificial intelligence built into its new Kaizn app learns from a hearing aid wearer’s listening preferences, habits, and environments. It can then predict their preferences in a particular sound scenario and … [Read more...] about Oticon App Adjusts Your Hearing Aids For You
Phonak Introduces Remote Hearing Aid Tuning
Phonak's new Remote Support Service enables fine-tuning of its Audéo Marvel Bluetooth hearing aids from virtually anywhere in the world. Hearing aid wearers can now communicate with hearing care professionals by smartphone audio and video to adjust their hearing aids in real time---and in any challenging real-world listening environment. … [Read more...] about Phonak Introduces Remote Hearing Aid Tuning
Blue Shield Medicare Plans Offer $499 Hearing Aids
As facts about negative impacts of hearing loss on senior health start to drip into public consciousness, we can expect to see more Medicare supplement plans from private insurers offering hearing aid coverage. The latest is Blue Shield of California, which features copays as low as $499 for high-quality hearing aids in several of its Medicare plans. … [Read more...] about Blue Shield Medicare Plans Offer $499 Hearing Aids
Health Insurance Companies Slowly Start To Cover Hearing Aids
Health insurance plans are slowly starting to provide more coverage for hearing aids. In a recent groundbreaking survey by Hearing Tracker and the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), 25 percent of respondents said they had received health-insurance subsidies for their hearing aids. That's nearly double the 13 percent reported in other surveys a decade ago. But the new … [Read more...] about Health Insurance Companies Slowly Start To Cover Hearing Aids