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Best Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids for You
Still, so far, only a tiny fraction of adults over 40 with hearing difficulties have purchased an OTC hearing aid, according to a July 2023 survey from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. A major barrier is likely still cost, says Lindsay Creed, AuD, associate director of audiology practices at ASHA, though the introduction of the hearing aids feature on the Apple…
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What to Know About Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Brands
Price per pair: $699 to $999. Where to buy: Lexie, Best Buy, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart. Preset or self-fitting? Self-fitting. Battery type: B1 and Lumen, replaceable battery; B2 Plus, rechargeable. Return policy: 45 days if purchased from Lexie or Walgreens; 60 days if purchased from Best Buy, CVS, or Walmart. Customer service: Phone support and video call support via app. And…
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How to Use Apple AirPods Pro 2 Earbuds as Hearing Aids
The first step is to update your iPhone to iOS 18.1. To do that, go to Settings > General > Software Update. If the automatic updates option isn’t on, your phone will ask you whether you want to update to the latest version. Click to start the update, ideally with your phone plugged in. Once the update is complete, you…
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Best and Worst Hearing Aid Brands
We rated 17 prescription hearing aid brands: Audible, Beltone, Bernafon, Jabra/Jabra Enhance, Lucid, Miracle Ear, Oticon, Philips, Phonak, ReSound, Rexton, Siemens, Signia, Starkey, TruHearing, Unitron, and Widex. For the first time, we also received enough responses from people who bought OTC hearing aids to rate three OTC brands: Eargo, Jabra Enhance, and MDHearing. Source link
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How to take the Apple hearing test
If you own the AirPods Pro 2, you can now take a five-minute hearing test right on your iPhone. With the release of iOS 18.1 and new firmware for the Pro 2, Apple is introducing several new hearing health features — and the hearing test is among them. This will hopefully go a long way in raising awareness about hearing…
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FCC says all smartphones must be hearing aid compatible
The Federal Communications Commission announced that going forward, all mobile handsets, including smartphones, in the US will have to be compatible with hearing aids. It’s also established new rules around volume control and improved product labeling so people with hearing aids can make informed buying decisions. The gist is the FCC is establishing a Bluetooth pairing requirement, thereby discouraging smartphone…
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I’m an iPhone SE fan — but I don’t like what I’m hearing about the iPhone SE 4
Apple reportedly has a new iPhone SE model in the works, with an eye toward shipping the phone early next year. However, given some of the changes being floated for the iPhone SE 4, I wonder whether this phone will really be made in the same spirit as its predecessors. When Apple released the original iPhone SE back in 2016,…
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