September 10, 2024 by Robin Foster The latest AirPods from Apple will come with built-in hearing aids, the company announced Monday. Designed as an over-the-counter hearing aid feature for those with mild to moderate hearing loss, users take hearing tests on iPhones or iPads running iOS 18, and then their AirPods make “personalized dynamic adjustments”...
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS There are several over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription hearing aids in the market today which can make it difficult for you to make a choice. While a pair of basic hearing aids costs about $1,000, premium hearing aids can cost over $6,000 per pair. Choosing the most expensive hearing aid doesn’t guarantee...
Written by Dean Shaban, MFA | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Published on May 1, 2024 Key takeaways: Common issues with hearing aids include a poor fit or the feeling that the hearing aid isn’t helping much.When starting to wear a hearing aid, it’s easier to slowly introduce it and work up to wearing...
Written by Karen Hovav, MD, FAAP | Reviewed by Sophie Vergnaud, MD Key takeaways: You can buy over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids without a prescription or hearing test.OTC hearing aids are good for people who are older than 18 years with self-perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. This means you don’t need to have your hearing...
Allison Aubrey People who consistently wear hearing aids have a lower chance of falling, a new study finds.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I If your hearing begins to decline, your risk of falling may rise. Research shows older adults with mild hearing loss are at a greater risk — more than double — of falling....
by Lancet Credit: CC0 Public Domain People experiencing hearing loss who are not using a hearing aid may have a higher risk of dementia than people without hearing loss, suggests a new study published in The Lancet Public Health journal. However, using a hearing aid may reduce this risk to the same level as that of people without...
by Lancet Credit: CC0 Public Domain People experiencing hearing loss who are not using a hearing aid may have a higher risk of dementia than people without hearing loss, suggests a new study published in The Lancet Public Health journal. However, using a hearing aid may reduce this risk to the same level as that of people without...
by Tom Murphy Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s now a lot easier—and cheaper—for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter, or OTC, hearing aids started hitting the market in October at prices that can be thousands of dollars lower than prescription hearing aids. About 30...
CELL PRESS Some commercial earbuds can perform as well as hearing aids. The result, presented November 15 in the journal iScience, could help a large proportion of people with hearing loss access more affordable sound amplification devices. Hearing loss has broad health impacts, but professional hearing aids are expensive and require multiple visits to otolaryngologists and...
by Michel Demuynck, The Conversation Whenever we eat, speak or yawn, the movement of our jaw deforms the ear canal. These deformations could be converted into electrical energy used to power in-ear technology. Credit: Shutterstock Hearing aids are essential for people with hearing loss. But hearing aids have an Achilles heel: their power supply is...
