| Living aids are a small device that spend their time in | | | | and power conservation, their is no longer a need for |
| most cases inside and behind the ear of an individual | | | | cables and pocket battery packets, instead the battery |
| who has a hearing impairment. The small device is | | | | is concealed in the device itself! It's like James Bond, |
| used to amplify noises to increase the probability of an | | | | but this device is actually useful. |
| individual who is hard of hearing in distinguishing a | | | | There is several different types of hearing aids [ which |
| sound. Technology over the past decade has greatly | | | | will vary in many ways among size, cost and power. |
| increased both the effectiveness of hearing aids as | | | | Before making a choice on any different model or |
| well as greatly reduced the obtrusiveness of a hearing | | | | function, I would first recommend talking to your |
| aid. It used to be that an individual would have to wear | | | | medical professional. Always put functionality ahead of |
| an "ear trumpet" or "ear horn", which was a larger and | | | | all of your other choices. A hearing aid that looks great, |
| very noticeable way of aiding hearing. Now many | | | | but doesn't help your hearing, isn't going to be much of |
| times you won't even notice that a hearing aid is being | | | | an aid at all. Same with one that you are constantly |
| used until you look closely as they are very compact | | | | changing the battery out of,etc. Functionality and |
| in size, and will often times blend right in with the ear of | | | | practicality goes along way in the purchase of a |
| an individual. With the increased technology in batteries | | | | hearing aid. |