Recently in a local hearing clinic, a client’s concerns were discussed. “I’m afraid I won’t like them. My brother in law bought two hearing aids, and he keeps them in a drawer in the kitchen.” While the number of people dissatisfied with their hearing aids hovers around 50%, the hearing aid industry is hard pressed to decrease the number of returns, and increase the average daily use of each aid. In order to …showed first 75 words of 2400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2400 total…s nature and degree of loss. Considering the price of inserting additional features into a hearing aid, an audiologist must also balance perceived need with a determination of what actual use might be, and the economical well being of his clients. Perhaps in the future, correct hearing aid selection combined with ever advancing technology will yield the comment, “Boy, this thing works great in a noisy restaurant!” Alas, that is the nature of the beast.