What Can I Do
If I Have a Hearing Loss? Based on hearing test results, hearing aids may be helpful. Hearing aids help to improve hearing and speech comprehension. When choosing a hearing aid, the audiologist will consider hearing ability, work and home activities, physical limitations, medical conditions, cosmetics and cost. Wearing 2 hearing aids helps to balance sounds, improve understanding of words in noisy situations and helps in locating the source of the sound.

What Are The Different Kinds of Hearing Aids? Two major factors differentiate hearing aids - size and circuit.

Size
- Completely in the Canal (CIC)
- In the Canal
- Half Shell
- In the Ear
- Behind the Ear

Circuit
- Advanced Digital with Noise Reduction
- Moderate Level Digital with multiband flexibility
- Cost effective digital technology
- Analog

What Other Options Are There?

• Personal Listening Systems
• Telephone Amplifying Devices
• FM Systems
• Infrared Devices