{"id":1947,"date":"2016-03-18T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T22:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpanel.fuelmedserver.com\/~decibelhearing\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2019-06-17T23:15:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T23:15:07","slug":"why-do-hearing-aids-have-such-a-bad-rep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decibelhearing.com\/why-do-hearing-aids-have-such-a-bad-rep\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Hearing Aids Have Such a Bad Rep?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Everyone remembers our parent\u2019s and our grandparent\u2019s hearing aids. They were big old beige things that filled the ear and seemed to whistle (feedback) all the time. Hearing aid users would constantly complain that all they heard was background noise and not the people they wanted to hear. People waited until they couldn\u2019t put it off any longer or their families were pushing them through the door to get aids. Naturally, when you wait that long, you are usually in your senior years. The truth is that those old analog hearing aids did have all those problems. <\/p>\n
Today\u2019s devices are \u201clight-years\u201d away from that old standard. Newer digital technology allows us to customize aids for both comfort and clarity. Feedback management circuitry in all aids practically makes whistling a problem of the past. Noise reduction circuity helps people carry on conversations in the presence of background noise while still hearing the natural world around you. As far as cosmetics, there are so many options available including the RIC (receiver in canal) hearing aids<\/a> which only has a very thin wire that is visible and the IIC (invisible in the canal) which is totally housed within your ear canal.<\/p>\nHearing Loss Can Happen to All Ages<\/h2>\n