| The wide variety of haring aids and hearing aid | | | | moderate range. |
| technologies now available can make it difficult for the | | | | The brushed-metal Delta hearing aids, which come in |
| hearing-impaired to decide which hearing aids will be | | | | an astonishing seventeen colors, have tiny receivers |
| most effective in their individual circumstances. | | | | attached to transparent wires. Because the receivers |
| And, given that fifty percent of all people over the age | | | | are inserted into the Delta Hearing aid user's ear |
| of fifty--and that means millions of Baby Boomers--will | | | | canals, they have made possible new designs |
| experience high frequency hearing loss as the "hair | | | | previously unavailable to the hearing-impaired. Delta |
| cells" in their inner ears deteriorate and can no longer | | | | hearing aids have both the cosmetic appeal of inner |
| convert sound waves into the electrical impulses which | | | | ear hearing enhancement and the technological |
| travel along the auditory nerves to the brain, hearing | | | | capabilities of behind-the-ear hearing aids. |
| impairment is becoming a mainstream health issue. | | | | Delta hearing aids, with their digital technology, allow |
| To make matters even worse, high frequency hearing | | | | their users to adjust them so that they only amplify the |
| loss can result from overexposure to loud noise or | | | | sounds which the users have difficulty hearing. Those |
| music; and sufferers of high frequency hearing loss | | | | one-in-two people who suffer from high frequency |
| need help understanding conversations in noisy | | | | hearing loss can amplify the high-register sounds, |
| environments. Those with broadband hearing loss, on | | | | without having to magnify the bass frequencies to an |
| the other hand, need help across the entire auditory | | | | unbearable level. |
| spectrum with both high and low pitched sounds. | | | | Delta hearing aids, in a Crayola-box range of colors |
| Oticon, Inc, is the manufacturer of Delta hearing aids. | | | | from Sunset Orange to Green Chameleon, with |
| Their Delta hearing aids have a revolutionary triangular | | | | Mother-of-Pearl for the more formal set, are turning |
| design, with cutting edge digital technology specifically | | | | traditionally, well... ugly, hearing aids into fashion |
| aimed at the Baby-Boomer-and-younger generations | | | | accessories! |
| who are experiencing hearing impairment in the mild to | | | | |