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With the Amplify program,you determine how much your new digital hearing aid will cost.

Not Wearing A Hearing Aid Can be Very Costly

Recent hearing aid advances have been remarkable. Digital advances have increased the hearing aid’s ability to enhance speech over competing noise. Speech is now clearer and natural in more listening environments. Feedback elimination is another breakthrough development. With new softer silicone material, computerized earmold manufacturing and new feedback elimination technology, it is now possible to amplify speech by more than 70-75dB and still preserve the higher frequencies to help ensure speech clarity. With the newest technology, powerful hearing aids are now available that can be worn while keeping the ear canal open. Today’s two most popular and most often used hearing aid styles, open ear and receiver-in-the-canal, are possible in part by the advances in feedback control. These hearing aids are the least visible of all styles. Wearer’s report that they are hardly noticeable and often can’t even be felt.

Hearing aids can be remarkably affordable. Federal Retirees may have partial hearing aid coverage of $1000 per ear. Many Medicare Advantage plans offer at least partial hearing aid coverage. Earned Amplify credits, our no interest payment plans along with any available hearing aid coverage can reduce the out-of-pocket cost of hearing aids to fit almost any budget. The cost of new advanced hearing aids can be as low as free.

While the cost of hearing aids has been dropping, the cost of doing nothing to improve hearing for some can be staggering. In a landmark study by Johns Hopkins and the National Institute for Aging, American seniors with hearing loss were found to be significantly more likely to develop dementia over time than those seniors who retain their hearing. The researchers found that study participants with hearing loss at the beginning of the study were significantly more likely to develop dementia by the end of the study. When compared to study participants with normal hearing, those with a mild, moderate and severe hearing loss had a twofold, threefold and fivefold, respectively, risk of developing dementia overtime. The more hearing they had the more likely they were of developing dementia. They suggest hearing aids as an early intervention to delay or prevent dementia.

The number of American’s with a hearing loss may have been grossly underestimated. A new study from the University of Wisconsin estimated 43% of those 65 to 84 years old have a hearing problem and more than 90% of those over 80. More than 10% of the 45 to 54 year olds were estimated to have a hearing loss. This new prevalence of hearing loss suggests that millions of American may be at increasing risk of premature dementia because of uncorrected hearing loss. Hearing aids can be one of the best values available in healthcare today.

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