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    Battery quantity to purchase

    Hearing Aid Batteries Purchasing batteries in large quantities is just fine. Just make sure you are purchasing from a busy store so that your not buying old stock.
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    Ric/rite?

    You can use RIC or Open-Fit hearing aids with ear molds if you require additional low frequency gain, or if you have difficulty finding a suitable fit with pre-made earbuds. The problem with wind noise is addressed using hearing aid technology, more so, than using venting. New hearing aids...
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    Silicon domes , etc.

    You have an open dome on your left ear because your left ear likely has good hearing in the low tones, but drops into hearing loss in the middle and upper tones. You have a medium closed dome on the right ear likely because the right ear has poorer hearing in the low frequencies than the left...
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    Beltone VS. Phonak

    I did a little bit of homework to dissect the similarities and differences between the two products you enquired about: Beltone Promise 9 and the Phonak Naida CRT. The truth is that both are good hearing aids with similar technologies. I prefer the Phonak Naida CRT, but that preference...
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    Tinnitus

    Tinnitus is very mis-understood. I have worked in the hearing industry for over 20 years. The experts go back and forth between thinking that tinnitus is a problem associated from damage to the cilia cells in our inner nerves, or problems in our auditory cortex where interpretation of the...
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    Embrace Hearing reviews? Has anyone heard of them?

    On-line hearing aids or Retail, Costco or otherwise? I have worked in the hearing aid industry for over 20 years, I've worked for Costco, as well as, numerous other large retail hearing companies and I am one of the owners of Buy Hearing Aids & Accessories Online | Clearly Hearing, an on-line...
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    Question on OTE aids

    The vast majority of people wearing open-fit hearing aids also wear glasses. Most people can wear both glasses and over the ear or behind the ear hearing aids together comfortably. The exception is if your ears are very tight to your head or if you take your glasses off and on dozens of times...
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    Interviews for Individuals with Hearing Aids

    12 years Thank you so much for you help! Here are the questions: 1. How long have you worn your hearing aids? I've worn hearing aids for 10 years. My current pair I've had for 1-year. 2. For how long before you got your hearing aids did you suspect you had a hearing loss? I caught my...
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    First aids?

    Noise Related I am lucky. My dad has a severe hearing loss that has progressively worsened over the last 10 years. His hearing loss is from a lifetime of working in noise without using appropriate hearing protection. Unfortunately when he was in the construction field it wasn't required by...
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