30/04/2009 by admin.

Having attended the second product launch in a week there’s lots to tell. This time it’s Phonak, who have announced an upgraded version of the highly thought of Phonak Exelia.

The Phonak Exelia has been replaced with immediate effect with the Phonak Exelia Art. The price is the same, no increase, but the Phonak Exelia Art features SoundRecover (a feature to help with higher frequency speech clarity), DuoPhone (to help with talking on the telephone) and ZoomControl with DirectTouch (for you to manually decide when to emphasis sounds from the front, back, or either side, trust me, in practice it works really well for certain situations).

Phonak have also launched a new premium version of the successful Naida, the Phonak Naida IX. It has all the features you would normally find in a premium hearing aid and more, all in a super power behind the ear solution.In the past you tended not to see premium features in super power instruments, that’s all changed with the Phonak Naida IX.

Phonak are already renowned for their innovation in connectivity accessories, they’ve upgraded their MyPilot remote control and have a new device ‘ClicknTalk’ to make connecting your mobile phones to your hearing aids simpler than ever before.

As always, don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any information or advice on hearing aids or hearing loss.

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28/04/2009 by admin.

Well I’ve just been to the launch of a new entry level hearing aid from Oticon, the Oticon Hit Pro.

Oticon are one of the main manufacturers we dispense at Digital Hearing Care, as a manufacturer they tend to be leaders in hearing aid research and development and the build quality of their hearing aids tends to be robust and reliable.

The interesting thing about the launch of this new hearing aid is the feature set against the entry level price of other hearing aids in the same sector. There are a number of features that come as standard in the Oticon Hit Pro that are just not available elsewhere at this level of hearing aid. An extended bandwidth of 8kHz, adaptive directionality, an automatic adaption manager, and also wireless fitting and the excellent DFC feedback cancellation all come as standard in these new hearing aids.

We have yet to supply  the Oticon Hit Pro to any of our clients but certainly on paper it seems to be a good buy for the money. The Oticon Hit Pro is replacing the Tego Pro , the Oticon Hit replacing the Oticon Tego. The Oticon Tego and Tego Pro are both looking a bit long in the tooth now. (Although we note that one of the big national hearing aid suppliers is still advertising the Tego as state of the art as of the last few weeks in the national papers….)

Watch this space for progress reports on how we get on with the Oticon Hit Pro….

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17/04/2009 by admin.

Fiction - Wearing hearing aids is a sign of old age.
Fact - Pretending you don’t have hearing loss is more noticeable!

Always saying ‘sorry’, ‘pardon’ and ‘excuse me’ are less than subtle signs that you may have a hearing problem. Other indicators are that you are turning the TV too loud, avoiding telephone conversations and going in to social gatherings.
Hearing difficulties can affect your family, friends and quality of life more than you think.

Today’s tiny sophisticated hearing aid technology is certainly less noticeable than pretending there isn’t a problem.

Don’t let a hearing loss make you seem older than you really are.

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17/04/2009 by admin.

Did You Know?

* More than one third of hearing loss is attributable to noise exposure
* 1 in 7 people in the UK has hearing loss
* By the age of 50 1 in 5 has hearing loss
* By the age of 65 1 in 3 has hearing loss
* 1 in every 12 people has hearing loss at 30
* Hearing loss ranks with athritis, high blood pressure, and heart disease as one of the most common physical conditions
* Most people will deny having a problem with hearing loss for an average of seven years before seeking help

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12/04/2009 by admin.

Today I’d like to talk about the new Phonak Audeo YES hearing aids. They’ve just nicely been launched and at Digital Hearing Care we like to keep you abreast of the latest developments in hearing aid technology.  As one of the leading independent hearing aid suppliers in the Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester area we often receive preferential treatment when it comes to the launch of new products. The new Phonak Audeo YES hearing aids are no exception as we are amongst the first in the UK to be able to demonstrate this breakthrough technology.The very latest thinking in research and development has been applied to this product to give exceptional performance in a really neat style with wireless connectivity to devices such as telephones, televisions and mobile phones.  It employs amongst many other features ‘SoundRecover’. This feature enables you to hear those soft, hard to hear sounds that are important to speech understanding with a very natural sound quality. The fitting range for the Audeo YES is very wide, in fact it can be fitted to nearly every type of hearing loss from very mild to very severe, all within the same award winning design and is available in three levels of technology with prices to match different budgets.We have only been demonstrating and fitting this instrument for a few weeks but the feedback has been very encouraging.For my website with lots of useful information on hearing aids including price guides click here

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