September 4, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Picture being able to adjust the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and effortlessly as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any listening situation without ever having to touch your hearing aids. Sound too good to be true? A couple of years ago, it […]
August 20, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Present day hearing aids have come a long way; existing models are remarkably effective and incorporate amazing digital functions, such as wifi connectivity, that markedly enhance a person’s ability to hear along with their overall quality of life. But there is still room for improvement. Specifically, in some instances hearing aids have some challenges with […]
July 9, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
The saying “you get what you pay for” is definitely true of hearing aids, and though modern-day hearing aids are designed to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly cheap, either. Luckily, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming more inexpensive, in the same manner that the majority of consumer electronics are […]
May 14, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
When it’s time to purchase a car, most of us know exactly what to do. We complete some research, evaluate options, and compose a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the time we’re ready to stop by the dealership, we have an idea of what we’re looking for […]
May 7, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
You’ve likely heard that today’s hearing aids are “not your grandfather’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes today’s technology so much better? And what exactly can modern-day hearing aids achieve that couldn’t be […]
February 14, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
These days, countless people wear hearing aids each day in order to hear better. This is nothing new, although the technology has unquestionably come a long way. Readily available in numerous shapes, sizes, and even colors, today’s hearing aids only weigh a few ounces when they used to weigh several pounds! They’re not only more […]
February 5, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Hearing aids have gone through numerous iterations in their 200-plus year history. The technology that is utilized in hearing aids has historically been developed as a consequence of a committed scientist who is either affected by hearing loss or has a friend or family member affected by hearing loss. For example, Alexander Graham Bell’s mother […]
January 14, 2015 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
While hearing aids have been lauded as one of the best inventions in recent memory, for many people they are devices that are too non-specific. While this is true of the older models that were programmed by the user, it is important to realize that newer models make the best use of technology to help […]
December 13, 2014 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
It used to be that analog hearing aids took the cake when it came to personal sound amplification. But there were some shortcomings with that approach. Digital hearing devices of today feature remote controls where you can set your hearing aid at the exact setting you want for the optimum in comfort. From perks like […]
November 8, 2014 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
For the millions of people who suffer from hearing loss throughout the world, hearing losses are one of the most important devices that have ever been invented. These devices use modern technology and the medical know how from years of research in order to provide people with better hearing than they would have had otherwise. […]
