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Hearing Aids Best What Works

How do hearing aids work and which ones work best?

Here is a simpled guide for the most frequently asked questions about getting and using today’s modern hearing aids.

The 12 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Hearing Aids

1. Describe what hearing aids actually do

Every hearing aid has four basic parts:

A microphone which grabs the sound

An amplifier that turns up the volume of the sound

A speaker that delivers the sound to you

A battery which juices up all the power

In order to hear you need the sound coming into you ear that is turned up loud enough so that you can recognize it. There needs to be enough energy to make all the parts work.

2. What are the three different types of hearing aids?

Regular analog

Programmable analog

Programmable digital

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