Why do so many people who know their hearing is getting worse fail to seek treatment? That question screams from the remarkable survey results just released by AARP and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASLH). There are a number of answers, but according to the survey, the high cost of hearing aids and inadequate insurance coverage for hearing-loss treatment … [Read more...] about Nearly Half Of AARP-ASHA Survey Respondents Say Their Hearing Is Getting Worse, But Majority Fail To Take Action
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Study Linking Hearing Loss To Dementia Raises More Questions Than It Answers
When Johns Hopkins researchers demonstrated a strong correlation between hearing loss and dementia, they confirmed previous research on the same subject but failed to answer what the study's author termed "the 50-billion-dollar question"---whether hearing aids or cochlear implants correcting hearing loss could serve to prevent the onset of dementia. The new study, published … [Read more...] about Study Linking Hearing Loss To Dementia Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Harvard Health Study Finds 20 Percent Of U.S. Adolescents Have Significant Hearing Loss–But Will We Do Anything About It?
Researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have concluded that nearly one in five American adolescents suffers from the same degree of hearing loss comparable to the age-related loss normally found in adults in their '50s and '60s. And people immediately are pointing the finger of blame at all the usual suspects: rock concerts, cell phones, and … [Read more...] about Harvard Health Study Finds 20 Percent Of U.S. Adolescents Have Significant Hearing Loss–But Will We Do Anything About It?
U.S. Hearing Aid Sales Recovery Stalls In Second Quarter Of 2010 Even As Veterans Administration Fits More Hearing Aids Than Ever
Are we in for a double-dip recession in the hearing-aid business? According to the most recent analysis of U.S. hearing aid sales by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), the number of hearing aids sold in the U.S. only grew by 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2010. When you exclude an 11.6 percent increase in units bought by the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA), which … [Read more...] about U.S. Hearing Aid Sales Recovery Stalls In Second Quarter Of 2010 Even As Veterans Administration Fits More Hearing Aids Than Ever
Product Review: Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aids Are A Good First Step If You Think You Might Need Hearing Assistance
I purchased a Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aid over the internet recently and have been trying it out myself and with other users in different listening situations. The good news is that the inexpensive entry-level device is a true open-fit, behind-the-ear digital hearing aid that performs like other comparable low-end hearing-aids. That's also the bad news: because it … [Read more...] about Product Review: Songbird Ultra Digital Hearing Aids Are A Good First Step If You Think You Might Need Hearing Assistance