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Having to choose which ones and knowing which ones work best. I know it depends on the amount of hearing loss, but I'm just wondering which ones work for you guys or what ones you would reccommend?
Posted on 04/29/08, 02:04 pm
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Reply #1 - 04/29/08  5:00pm
" Please share this information with your audiologist.


YUU is Unitron Hearing’s premium hearing instrument. It is the first hearing aid that allows the patient to personalize their hearing instruments with their own preferences for noise reduction and speech enhancement. The patient is actually able to interact with the hearing aid! It offers the following features:

20 Channel Digital Signal Processing
AutoPro4 - automatically selects from 4 programs
Automatic and adaptive directional microphones
High-speed feedback cancellation
Easy-t automatic telephone setting
Data-logging and data-learning
“my music” – customizable music setting
Optional remote control
MSRP $4,800/instrument

Our everyday low price: $2,595/instrument


Indigo is Unitron Hearing’s high-end hearing instrument. It offers the following features:

16 Channel digital signal processing
AutoPro4 - automatically selects from 4 programs
Automatic and adaptive directional microphones
High-speed feedback cancellation
Easy-t automatic telephone setting
Data-logging
MSRP $3,800/instrument

Our everyday low price: $2,495/instrument


The Element product line consists of three feature-rich models with varying degrees of automatic performance that span from entry-level to mid-level technology. There are three models: Element 4, Element 8, and Element 16

16 Channel digital signal processing
AutoPro2 - automatically selects from 2 programs
Automatic and adaptive directional microphones
High-speed feedback cancellation
Easy-t automatic telephone setting
Anti-ShockTM - reduces discomfort of sudden sounds
Noise Reduction
Data-logging
MSRP $3,000/instrument

Our everyday low price: $2,195/instrument




8 Channel Digital Signal Processing
AutoMic - automatically selects omni or directional microphone settings
Automatic and adaptive directional microphones
High-speed feedback cancellation
Easy-t automatic telephone setting
Anti-ShockTM - reduces discomfort of sudden sounds
Noise Reduction
Data-logging
MSRP $2,780/instrument

Our everyday low price: $1,795/instrument




4 Channel Digital Signal Processing
3 manual programs, including directional microphone setting
High-speed feedback cancellation
Easy-t automatic telephone setting
Anti-ShockTM - reduces discomfort of sudden sounds
Noise Reduction
Data-logging
MSRP $2,500/instrument

Our everyday low price: $1,495/instrument




The Unison Essential is an entry-level digital aid for the budget-minded consumer. It has the following features:

Basic 3-channel digital signal processing
Manual volume control
MSRP $1,370/instrument

Our everyday low price: $995/instrument



: Siemens Products Listed Below


Centra is Siemens’ premier digital hearing instrument.
It offers the following features:

16 channel digital processing
Noise reduction
Speech Enhancement
SoundSmoothing - reduction of sudden distracting sounds
DataLearning - the hearing aid learns your volume preferences
Highspeed feedback cancellation
Automatic and adaptive directional microphones
Our everyday low price: $2,495/instrument




Power CIC (completely-in-canal) hearing aid
6 channel digital signal processing
Adaptive noise reduction and speech enhancement
Automatic situation detection
Up to 3 manual programs
Our everyday low price: $2,095/instrument




Siemens Artis offers the following features:

12 channel digital processing
Advanced noise reduction
High-speed feedback cancellation
Automatic and adaptive directional microphones
Our everyday low price: $2,095/instrument




Siemens Cielo offers the following features:

6 channel digital processing
Noise reduction
3 listening programs
Feedback cancellation
Adaptive directional microphones
Our everyday low price: $1,695/instrument




Siemens Intuis offers the following features:

4 channel digital processing
Up to 4 listening programs
Directional microphones
Feedback cancellation
Noise reduction technology
Our everyday low price: $1,395/instrument



: Phonak Products Listed Below


16-channel digital signal processing
Ultra-small, water resistant, power hearing aid
Compatible with wireless communication systems (FM systems, Bluetooth devices)
Optimizes clarity by compressing high-frequency sounds into a lower frequency range where hearing is better.
Automatic directional microphones with “SoundFlow” technology
Digital feedback cancellation
EasyPhone automatic telephone connectivity
Our everyday low price: $1,995/instrument




4-channel digital signal processing
Up to 4 manual listening programs
Optional directional microphone ($100 more/instrument)
Noise canceller
Feedback canceller
Datalogging
Our everyday low price: $1,095/instrument

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Reply #2 - 04/29/08  8:38pm
" Thanks this helps, my next appointment is in a few weeks i will certainly talk to him and see what he thinks. Thank you ((HUGGSSS)) "
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Reply #3 - 01/12/09  1:27pm
" There are so many different kind. It depend how you like it and how does if feel when you wear them. I wear the kind call in the canal (in the ears)due to I wear glasses. "
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Reply #4 - 01/12/09  11:36pm
" I WENT TO THE ENT A FEW YEARS AGO AND WHEN THEY TESTED ME THEN I WAS BOARDER LINE FOR HEARING AIDS , THIS YEAR I NOT BEEN TESTED YET BUT CAN TELL IT GETTING WORSE COS I NEED HAVE PEOPLE REPEAT THINGS AND I NEED TURN UP THE RADIO AND TV. I NEED MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

BARRINGTON "

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