hearing aids/tinnitus

Data10
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:41:06 +0000

Apparently the range he can’t hear as well is women and children.
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From what I understand the Costco hearing aids just amplify, that’s not his issue.

Costco hearing aids work very similarly to hearing aids you’d get from an independent audiologist. You can buy the same models and same companies there, although the steepest discounts tend to be other costco-specific models, which are generally almost the same as more basic mainstream models. They apply filters to the incoming sound that influence the amplitude of specific frequencies and in some cases minimizes specific sounds. If he can’t hear the higher frequencies that are common associated with women and children’s voices well, then it might amplify that frequency range, while having little change in lower bass-like frequencies. The hearing aids typically have several different modes that you can set for different situations. For example, if the background noises in restaurants are challenging, then an audiologist (including the ones at Costco) might set up a program that minimizes the associated restaurant background noises to a greater extent and amplifies typical conversation range to a greater extent. More expensive models often have other related technology, such as amplifying voices in the direction you are facing, more than voices in other directions.