Hearing Aids
We find your perfect hearing aid based on your hearing needs, lifestyle, and budget.
Is it Time to Get Hearing Aids?
If you’re reading this post, you already suspect you might need hearing aids. If you answer yes to two or more questions below, it’s probably time to give us a call.
Your significant other and you argue over what you heard.
You use the phrases, “excuse me”, “can you repeat that”, or “what did you say” several times a day.
Do others complain about how loud you listen to the TV?
You plan your nights out based on how loud it might be at your destination.
New experiences that you would’ve jumped at 5 years ago no longer hold the same appeal.
Hearing Aid Vendors
Oticon
Phonak
Resound
Signia
Starkey
Widex
What's New?
Direct Connectivity
Hearing aids that are directly connected with either iPhone or Android cell phones. Stream music, phone calls wirelessly and without a delay! Use an app on your phone to change the settings, direction of microphones, programs, and volume.
Bluetooth Compatible Accessories
Dr. Crane works with blue tooth compatible hearing aids and accessories. Many hearing aids today allow wireless streaming to devices such as your cell phone, MP3 player, landline phone and television. Let Dr. Crane show you how to incorporate this technology into your lifestyle.
Rechargeable Hearing Aids
Rechargeable hearing aids offer convenience and eliminate the need for frequent battery changes. They typically have a built-in battery that can be charged using a charging case. Rechargeable hearing aids are available in various styles and feature similar technology to traditional hearing aids.
How Are Today’s Hearing Aids Different?
A hearing aid is a small electronic device that you wear in or behind your ear. It makes some sounds louder so that a person with hearing loss can listen, communicate, and participate more fully in daily activities.
There are three basic parts: a microphone, amplifier, and speaker. The basics haven’t changed for decades. What has changed significantly is how a hearing aid manipulates the sound as it enters the hearing aid and eventually sends the signal into your ear canal. Theses advances include:
- Automatic volume adjustments
- Automatic adaptation to background noise
- Built in FM, Infrared and Bluetooth technology
- Water resistant technology
- They look better than ever before coming in a variety of shapes, colors and styles
1. Is there a link between hearing loss and age?
There is a strong relationship between age and reported hearing loss: 18 percent of American adults 45-64 years old, 30 percent of adults 65-74 years old, and 47 percent of adults 75 years old or older have a hearing loss.
2. Are there different styles of hearing aids?
There are three basic styles of hearing aids. The styles differ by size, their placement on or inside the ear, and the degree to which they amplify sound.
Behind the Ear Hearing Aids
Behind the ear (BTE) hearing aids consist of a small device worn behind the ear and connected to a plastic earmold that fits inside the outer ear. The electronic parts are held in the case behind the ear. Sound travels from the hearing aid through the earmold and into the ear. BTE aids are used by people of all ages for mild to profound hearing loss. A new kind of BTE aid is an open-fit hearing aid.
Small, open-fit aids fit behind the ear completely, with only a narrow tube inserted into the ear canal, enabling the canal to remain open. For this reason, open-fit hearing aids may be a good choice for people who experience a buildup of earwax, since this type of aid is less likely to be damaged by such substances.
In the Ear Hearing Aids
In the ear (ITE) hearing aids fit completely inside the outer ear and are used for mild to severe hearing loss. Some ITE aids may have certain added features installed, such as a telecoil. This makes it easier to hear conversations over the telephone.
A telecoil also helps people hear in public facilities that have installed special sound systems, called induction loop systems. Induction loop systems can be found in many churches, schools, airports, and auditoriums. ITE aids usually are not worn by young children because the casings need to be replaced often as the ear grows.
Canal Hearing Aids
Canal aids fit into the ear canal and are available in two styles. The in-the-canal (ITC) hearing aid is made to fit the size and shape of a person’s ear canal. A completely-in-canal (CIC) hearing aid is nearly hidden in the ear canal. Both types are used for mild to moderately severe hearing loss.
Because they are small, canal aids are more difficult for a person to adjust and remove. In addition, canal aids have less space available for batteries and additional devices, such as a telecoil. They usually are not recommended for young children or for people with severe to profound hearing loss because their reduced size limits their power and volume.
3. Is it possible to lose your hearing suddenly?
Approximately 4,000 new cases of sudden deafness occur each year in the United States. Hearing loss affects only 1 ear in 9 out of 10 people who experience sudden deafness. Only 10 to 15 percent of patients with sudden deafness know what caused their loss.
4. Interesting Facts About Hearing
- It takes an average of seven years before a person gets hearing aids after being told there is a problem
- The average lifespan of a hearing aid is 5 years
- The brain and hearing aids are like a retirement fund, the sooner you do it the more you have to use
- Music activates both hemispheres, thus brain activity
- Tinnitus is a brain issue, not a sole ear issue
- Your hearing can change over time, and the shape of your ear can change as well
- Exercise, brain exercises, learning and listening increase brain growth
5. How many adults could benefit from hearing aids?
Approximately 28.8 million adults in the United States alone could benefit from using hearing aids.
Follow Up Care
Hearing Aid Care Follow-Up: Ensuring Optimal Performance
Dr. Crane will evaluate your hearing in our state of the art facility. We will assess together your lifestyle and where your hearing difficulties are. Once it is determined that you have hearing loss and you are ready to move forward with hearing aid; we will the latest in digital technology always keeping your lifestyle, hearing loss and budget in mind.
Once we find a solution that fits your needs, we program the devices and go over any questions you may have. Follow-up appointments may be needed to ensure the efficacy of the devices.
Hearing aid aftercare is one of the most important features of purchasing a hearing aid. Any concerns or problems, we are just a phone call away. We do carry supplies in our offices for all your needs
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