So often people are not aware of their rights when they buy hearing aids. Here is a public service reminder. When you buy new hearing aids from any place in Oregon you get a 30 day trial period. It is the law. That means that you have the right to return the hearing aid for [...]
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Know your hearing aid rights!
August 15th, 2012 
DrEric 
Posted in Clinic News, Hearing Aid News, Hearing Loss News 
Tags: audiologist, audiology, careoregon, cigna, financing, hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, hearing screening, hearing test, medicare, multiplan, oregon, oticon, phonak, portland, regence, resound, starkey, widex 
No Comments »Frustrated by hearing aids that don’t work well?
August 8th, 2012 DrEric This has been something I have gotten way more phone calls about in recent months. Someone may have gone to another site, gotten hearing aids they are not happy with and ask me to fix the problem. Often times this can be as simple as changing the settings or programming in the hearing aid to match [...]
Posted in Clinic News, Hearing Aid News, Hearing Loss News Tags: audiologist, audiology, hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, hearing test, oregon, oticon, phonak, portland, repair, resound, starkey No Comments »New virtually invisible Oticon Intiga i hearing aid.
March 21st, 2012 DrEric There is a new hearing aid in the Oticon lineup released just in time for the annual American Academy of Audiology convention. This is another repackage of the same technology Oticon has used for the past year and a half. The twist is this is in an ultra miniature completely in the canal hearing aid. [...]
Posted in Hearing Aid News, Hearing Aid Reviews Tags: audiologist, audiology, hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, hearing screening, hearing test, iic, intiga, lyric, nano, oticon, phonak, starkey No Comments »Do you have a blind spot in your hearing?
February 8th, 2012 DrEric For years audiologists have struggled with a problem that often occurs with extreme noise exposure. With noise trauma, there is often a “blind spot” in the high pitches of hearing. What this means is there are certain speech sounds which, no matter how much you amplify them, will never sound clear. Those speech sounds are [...]
Posted in Hearing Aid News, Hearing Loss News Tags: audiologist, audiology, hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, hearing test, phonak, portland, starkey, widex No Comments »What do hearing aids cost?
January 11th, 2012 DrEric We often get phone calls asking “How much would hearing aids cost?” That is almost like asking how much would a car cost before you have decided what kind of car you want to buy. Prices vary by model of hearing aid, and change all the time as technology changes. Here is a short video [...]
Posted in Clinic News, Hearing Aid News, Hearing Aid Reviews Tags: agil, cost, hearing, hearing aids, intiga, oticon, phonak, portland, price, resound, starkey, unitron, widex No Comments »