19/12/2009 by admin.

We’ve just finished production of our latest newsletter ‘Making Sense of Sound - Winter / Spring 2010′

The newsletter is posted out to all our clients and also all those that have expressed an interest but not yet purchased hearing aids from us over the last 7 years or so of trading.

We also have wide readership on the internet, why not take a look at our latest newsletter?

If you would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

 Digital Hearing Care - Low Prices, Wide Choice and Great Aftercare

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14/11/2009 by admin.

Digital Hearing Care announces the arrival of Unitron Latitude, a new family of hearing instruments that offers a choice of advanced technologies to provide rewarding listening in more situations and environments than ever before.
Comprised of three distinct product lines, Latitude 16, Latitude 8 and Latitude 4  offer a choice of innovative technologies  in an unmatched array of styles, allowing you to choose the one that’s right for your unique hearing loss, preferences and  lifestyle.  All three include industry-leading technologies, many of which were previously available only in premium-priced hearing instruments.

Unitron Latitude boasts superior automatic performance and Latitude 16 combines this performance with smartFocus technology.  In every listening situation, smartFocus continuously - yet transparently - adjusts to provide the best speech clarity and listening comfort, even when background noise levels are high.  It also gives you the option to discreetly fine tune your listening experience on the spot with the optional handheld Smart Control remote.
All three Latitude product lines offer premium-level features that improve your listening experience.  These include:
Comfortable listening – antiShock™ instantly detects sudden, jarring noises, like a door slamming, and makes them comfortable, while preserving natural sound awareness
Improved speech understanding - advanced speech enhancement technology makes speech clearer and easier to understand, without having to adjust the volume
No more whistling – Latitude’s feedback management system is proven to provide better listening with less chance of embarrassing whistling

Unitron Fuse - seriously small - a revolution in hearing aid design.
Out of sight - At about half the size of the smallest in the ear hearing instrument, Unitron Fuse is fully concealed inside the ear, yet fully loaded with technology that lets you experience natural, satisfying listening.
High tech - We cut the size but kept all the sophistication of an advanced hearing instrument, including fully automatic performance.
Feels good - Unitron Fuse is the first hearing instrument in the world that actually flexes with the natural movement of your ear canal for better comfort and fit.
Sounds great - When something goes inside your ear, it can affect how your own voice sounds to you. Fuse’s design is different than anything that has come before, and the result is remarkably natural sound.

If you would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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01/11/2009 by admin.

A little under a year ago Phonak pushed the boundaries of miniature wireless technology with the introduction of the Phonak Audeo YES. The next step in miniature RIC technology has just been launched in the UK - The Phonak Audeo SMART and the Phonak Audeo MINI. Also launched is a new entry level product to replace the Phonak Extra, the Phonak Milo Plus.

All three products are based on the latest chip, CORE technology, meaning all price points are covered now with the latest technology available.

Phonak Audeo SMART -  Phonak Audeo SMART is the world’s smallest hearing system with full wireless functionality. It’s the choice if you want a top performing RIC product with some manual control ie a push button and unlimited connectivity.

Phonak Audéo SMART features SoundRecover for expanded audibility of high frequencies, ZoomControl with DirectTouch, DuoPhone, a peerless telephone solution, and more. Phonak Audeo SMART, a SMART solution.

Phonak Audeo MINI -  Phonak Audeo MINI is the smallest Phonak RIC product and also happens to be the smallest RIC product on the market, period. If size and cosmetics are very important to you as well as great performance you need look no further, it’s so tiny and automatic you can just wear it and forget it.

Phonak Audeo MINI features SoundRecover for expanded audibility of high frequencies, VoiceZoom for improved speech intelligibility, SoundFlow and more.

Phonak Milo Plus -  Phonak Milo Plus is the final piece of the jigsaw, it’s an entry level product to replace the Phonak Extra which is now discontinued. The feature set is actually quite impressive for an entry level product, including the industry leading WhistleBlock Technology, NoiseBlock Processing and more.

With the introduction of Phonak Milo Plus, regardless of budget, virtually everyone can take advantage of the excellent CORE technology Phonak is renowned for

If you would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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22/10/2009 by admin.

We’ve been busy the last few days developing a hearing aid batteries and accessories website www.hearing-aid-batteries.org.uk

The aim is to provide and easy to use and secure one stop shop for all hearing aid accessories. We’ve concentrated on supplying only quality hearing aid batteries, Rayovac Extra. There are websites out there charging less for hearing aid batteries, but they tend to be supplying ‘own label’ cheaper lower quality batteries or selling at a loss to generate names and addresses for future mailing campaigns. (Read masses of junk mail and recurring phone calls). We are also supplying a good range of waxtraps, domes for RIC products, bluetooth accessories and remote controls, and many more items.

We’ve probably forgotten to add one or two items, if you’d like to see anything else for sale please just contact us via our handy webform on the contacts page of the website.

We hope you’ll take the time to have a look and maybe purchase a few items. Here’s a link to the website www.hearing-aid-batteries.org.uk

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21/10/2009 by admin.

I attended the launch today 21st October 2009 of GN ReSound Live and GN ReSound Dot2, a very interesting launch it was. The stand out points were the big improvements in the feedback managers, the new directional microphone technology (Surround Sound), the VERY neat LV70 RIC form factor and the fact that pretty much the whole range has been replaced in one fell swoop!

Out goes the old - gone are ReSound Azure, Xplore and Ziga, in their place are ReSound Live 9, 7, 5. Gone are ReSound Dot 30, 20, 10, in their place are ReSound Dot2 30, 20, 10. Completing the lineup are the ReSound Be 9 and 7, and the ReSound Sparx power BTE. Don’t be fooled by the Dot being replaced by the Dot2, the ReSound Dot2 is a real upgrade in technology more than is suggested by the slight difference in brand name. On the outside the Dot2 looks very similar to the old Dot, apart from the addition of a pushbutton for extra flexibilty. Under the hood there’s lots more going on to build on the already impressive performance of the ReSound Dot. The ReSound Live family of products boasts all the same features as the Dot2 in a different form factor, the most interesting in my opinion being the LV70 RIC product, available at three price points. The size of this little beauty is tiny, but it still has room for a telecoil (missing on most RIC products), a volume control and a pushbutton. Any / all controls can be disabled / enabled as required. I would guess the most popular configuration would be using the ReSound Live as an automatic hearing aid, disabling the volume control and enabling the pushbutton for telecoil pickup only, to be used with loop systems.

The hearing aid industry sems to be having a love affair with  Bluetooth Connectivity at the moment and telecoils for loop systems seem to have gone out of fashion. The simple fact is that loop systems are commonplace, domestic loop systems are cheap and easy to set up, and telecoils in hearing aids can be very effective, not to be discounted! At last, a discreet RIC product even the fussiest client concerned with cosmetics can be pleased to wear with a built in telecoil feature!

Only time will tell how well the ReSound Live and the ReSound Dot2 will be received, after years in the hearing aid industry I tend to take the claims of the manufacturers and their marketing departments with a pinch of salt. However, on paper and first impressions I have to say I’m rather impressed, lets see how the first fittings go, I’ll keep you posted!

If you would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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15/10/2009 by admin.

It’s a busy time at the moment for hearing aid manufacturers, in the space of a month we have big launches of new product from three different manufacturers. ReSound have launched their new product line ReSound Live, and a new improved version of the popular Dot range, dot2 by ReSound.

At the end of October Phonak have been promising a launch to remember, details are sketchy at present but it’s anticipated to be a variant on their very successful Phonak Audeo YES range of RIC (receiver in canal) products.

Mid November sees Unitron rolling out a whole raft of new product, we’re still awaiting details but it’s anticipated new products will be based on the successful Unitron Passport premium product launched a few months ago.

Busy times ahead, we’ll keep you posted on the new launches as the information becomes available.

If you would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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13/10/2009 by admin.

GN ReSound have announced their largest ever product launch. Two new product families ; ReSound Live and ReSound Dot2.

Ask any hearing aid wearer what they would most like to improve about their hearing instruments and they will usually say ’speech in noise’. Both ReSound Live and dot2 by ReSound incorporate Surround Sound by ReSound technology that is tested and proven to improve ability to understand speech while retaining awareness of surroundings. They will also experience unrivalled, rich, full sound quality that ensures instant satisfaction.

In addition dot2 by ReSound builds on the cosmetic success of the original dot by ReSound, while the slimline ReSound Live RIC has been calledthe ‘bestlooking RIC I have ever seen’.

ReSound Live and dot2 by ReSound each have three different technology levels and price points. ReSound Live is available in a full range of form factors including Remote Microphone Technology and both families come with a range of receiver options from low to high.

The ReSound Live 9, 7, and 5 products are direct replacements for respectively the ReSound Azure,  ReSound Xplore and ReSound Ziga, which drop off the price lists from October 2009. The dot2 by ReSound 30, 20 and 10 models are direct replacements for the original dot by ReSound 30, 20 and 10 products which likewise have dropped off the price list.

If you are offered the old products insist on an upgrade or at the very least negotiate an extra discount for being supplied older product!

The full and current line-up of GN ReSound products now comprises of ReSound Live, dot2 by ReSound, be by ReSound and ReSound Essence.

If you want more information about the new GN ReSound Live and Dot2 products or would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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23/07/2009 by admin.

It’s a funny thing, for the last year our customers (and potential customers) keep asking me the same question, ‘How is the credit crunch affecting business?’

All I can say is that for us at Digital Hearing Care we really have not noticed a downturn in the amount of hearing aids we are supplying, in fact the opposite seems to be happening, our turnover is up by around 45%. We are covering a really diverse area, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Manchester, with a real mix of urban and rural population. We have always concentrated on providing great aftercare as well as offering low prices and, being independent, offering a far wider range of hearing aids than most of the competition.

The key to our increasing level of hearing aids supplied lies in my opinion in good old fashioned customer care and attention to detail. We have been trading for quite a few years now and never become complacent. The people that already deal with us seem in the main to want to stay with us and we regularly receive recommendations from satisfied customers.

I think one of the reasons our business is increasing in tough trading conditions when the majority of our competition is struggling is because the current economic climate makes people more wary of spending their hard earned money, people want to know that they will receive good value for money.

People are definitely shopping around a lot more, that can only be good for the consumer, and it helps a company like Digital Hearing Care to prosper as we offer some of the lowest prices around. People are doing more research on the internet and are becoming more brand aware, we regularly have customers asking us for specific models of hearing aids which did not seem to happen much in the past. That makes conditions favourable for us as independent hearing aid audiologists as we can offer the full range of hearing aids available in the UK where the national companies as a general rule do not. All this along with our great aftercare service has meant that, against the trend, Digital Hearing Care are growing to be one of the the main independent suppliers of quality digital hearing aids in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Manchester.

We will always do our utmost to ensure we supply hearing aids with competitive pricing and once you’re a customer we’ll do everything we can to make sure you stay satisfied.

Feel free to browse to our main website at www.digitalhearingcare.org.uk

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08/07/2009 by admin.

Unitron Hearing Aids have just recently launched a new premium product range consisting of Unitron Passport and Unitron Shift. Based on a brand new platform, the new chipset enables lots of interesting new features that makes Unitron Passport and Unitron Shift real contenders when it comes to performance, comfort and connectivity.

Unitron Passport - a new hearing instrument from Unitron that brings together revolutionary technologies that are easy to use, allowing you to achieve significantly better hearing, even in the most challenging listening environments.

Life finds you in many different places and situations, each with their own unique listening challenges.  A powerful, innovative feature called smartFocus™ responds to these challenges, giving you personal control over your listening preferences.  Using one simple and discreet control, it allows you to either focus in on the sounds in front of you, or experience a gradual increase in awareness of sounds all around you, depending on your listening needs.

Passport automatically matches your hearing instrument settings to your surroundings using an array of sophisticated, adaptive features.  Its many advanced features include: feedback management that works to provide a comfortable listening experience without annoying or embarrassing whistling; an automatic telephone solution; and antiShock™ technology to instantly detect and reduce the discomfort of jarring noises, like a door slamming, without affecting the sounds you want to hear.

Passport offers built-in wireless functionality, enabling automatic communication between your hearing instruments and hands-free enjoyment of your favourite audio devices, including cellular phones and MP3 players.

Unitron Shift Shift Your Expectations!

Do you find yourself missing fragments of conversations? Does background noise seem more distracting than ever before? Have loved ones been dropping hints that you may have difficulty hearing? Never let hearing loss slow you down – Shift is the smart hearing instrument with intelligent features that adapt automatically to your listening environment, delivering true-to-life sound so you can effortlessly hear everything that you may have been missing.

This attractive, well-designed hearing instrument will shift your expectations of what a hearing instrument can be. You will be amazed by its diminutive size and how it virtually disappears when placed behind your ear. And with up to 80 different color combinations available there is always a perfect fit for any personal style or preference.

If you want more information about the new Unitron Passport and Unitron Shift products or would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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08/07/2009 by admin.

Oticon Hearing Aids have just launched a new line of connectivity options to work with their very successful Oticon Streamer accessory, Oticon Connectline, specifically to help with watching television and having conversations on the telephone or mobile phone.

There are a couple of interesting features to note. One is that the Oticon Streamer, after a firmware update if you previously bought one in the past, can connect to up to 4 devices at the same time, also with an autoconnect. Here is how it would work in practice; You have your Oticon Streamer connected to your television via the Oticon Connectline TV Adapter, you have your landline telephone connected to your Oticon Streamer via the Oticon Connectline Telephone Adapter, your mobile phone and your bluetooth MP3 player are connected directly to your Oticon Streamer as they emit a bluetooth signal.

You are watching your television with sound input directly into your hearing aids, the mobile or landline telephone rings. You hear the ringtone directly in your hearing aids and your Oticon Streamer starts flashing.  You press the button, the television mutes and you have your telephone conversation. You hang up by pressing the button and the TV reconnects automatically.You pop out to the shops and your Oticon Streamer disconnects from the devices as they are out of range. You arrive back at home and all the devices you have connected to your Oticon steamer reconnect automatically. Cool!

The accessories are priced reasonably, the beauty is you don’t have to bother with any of the accessories if you don’t feel the need at the time, they can be added later if you have a change of heart.

Sometimes some of the manufacturers could be accused of releasing new technology just for the sake of offering new product, we think these new hearing aid accessories are well worth considering, a nice smart easy solution that is well thought out.

If you want more information about the new Oticon Connectline products or would like to arrange a free hearing test please browse to our main website and click on the contacts page to get in touch.

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