Category — Educational Series

I have found in helping people with hearing aids that the size of a hearing aid does make a difference.  The reason it makes a difference for most patients is because of cosmetics and how comfortable they will feel wearing their hearing aids.  I tell people to get the hearing aid they will feel like wearing all the time.  The bottom line always is — in my opinion — “don’t get a hearing aid you don’t feel comfortable wearing because you probably won’t wear it most of the time”.

Exceptions to this, of course, would be if the patient’s hearing loss would require a larger sized instrument.  What is so wonderful about the technology we have available is that we now can put an extremely high amount of gain or power even in a tiny canal hearing aid or a very small behind-the-ear instrument.