| Hearing aids are actually tiny computers custom made | | | | can refer you to an audiologist. He is a health |
| for each individual person. Though these devices | | | | professional who measures hearing loss and can test |
| cannot cure your hearing loss, they help you to | | | | to verify the type and degree of loss you have. |
| understand family members, business associates, and | | | | There are different kinds of hearing amplifiers that |
| friends in every day meetings and situations. | | | | offer a variety of models, sizes and features to meet |
| A hearing aid is a small electrical device that you wear | | | | your needs. Since hearing aids are actually miniature |
| in your ear or behind your ear. It makes sounds louder | | | | computers developed especially to individual needs, |
| so a person can more fully hear and communicate | | | | they can be quite expensive. |
| with others in all activities. Whether the situations are | | | | The research and years of development required to |
| quiet get-togethers at your home or noisy meetings in | | | | produce the best sound quality and features reflect |
| a restaurant setting you will be able to hear more and | | | | the cost. Also the tinier, more discreet models raise the |
| better. | | | | price, which ranges between $600.00 to over |
| A hearing aid has three basic parts. These are a | | | | $2000.00 and some can be much higher than that. |
| microphone, an amplifier and a speaker. Sounds enter | | | | Keep in mind, that you may not need the smallest |
| through the microphone and are changed to electrical | | | | most technically advanced aid for your personal needs. |
| signals sent to the ear via the speaker. | | | | Your audiologist can point out the best product for you |
| If you feel that you may have some hearing loss, | | | | and at price that you can afford. The priority here is |
| make an appointment with your regular doctor who | | | | being able to hear! |