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Where are hearing aids manufactured?

It depends on the manufacturer. Starkey, for example, is an American-based company that manufactures their devices in the United States. Oticon,...

Sensorineural hearing loss is a reduced sensitivity to sound from damage, malfunction, or malformation in the sensory and/or neural auditory...

The primary differences between an audiologist and a hearing instrument specialist (or "dispensers") is their level of training and scope of...

The Phoank Brio is the line available at Costco. The new Audeo models (Vs) run on a newer/faster computer chip and therefore give better sound...

As of March, 2016, Medicare does not cover hearing aids, nor does Medicare cover hearing tests done solely for the purposes of hearing aid...

Similar to a public address system, a hearing aid can hum, whistle, or ring when amplified sound comes out of the hearing aid’s loudspeaker and is...

Best practices are a set of professional procedures that are accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective for the diagnosis and...

Let me begin by giving you a reference point on me. I was a recording studio engineer for 10 years before I became an audiologist (for 29 years)...

First check your battery. Next, if it is a traditional earmold style, make sure the mold is clear. Use a wax tool or wire to make sure the...

As a former Social Security Disability Determination Examiner, the official answer would be no. “The law defines disability as the inability to...

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