What hearing aid extras are available?

Once you have decided to go ahead and purchase hearing aids, you will need to discuss anything you specifically want from them with your hearing care expert. There are a few hearing aid extras that are available for you to potentially add to your new aids. Your hearing care expert can advise which extras are available for each model of hearing aid.

Rechargeable Battery

A large majority of hearing aids today come as standard with a rechargeable battery as opposed to a disposable battery. Your hearing aids can be charged overnight in their case and when you wake up in the morning they are fully charged and will last you for the full day. There are certain models of hearing aid where you will have to decide if you would prefer to have the rechargeable or disposable battery version.

Hearing aid disposable batteries typically last anywhere between 2 and 10 days. This depends on how much you use them and what you use them for. If you are streaming the TV and all of your phone calls through your aids then it is likely you will need to replace the batteries more often. None of this is a concern with rechargeable hearing aids.

Waterproof

Phonak have a range of hearing aids that are waterproof up to 50cm. They are also sweat proof and have health data tracking built in which can be used alongside the myPhonak app. Because these hearing aids are waterproof and not just water resistant, you really can dive into the pool without removing them (as long as you are not going to depths past 50cm). It no longer matters if you are caught in a rainstorm as these hearing aids are designed to strive!

Telecoil

Hearing loops can connect to hearing aids users in a public place with an audience of either 1 or 1000 people. A hearing loop is a thin copper wire which is discreetly placed to encircle a room. It is connected through an amplifier to the PA system which is in the room. The amplifier feeds the sound from the PA to the loop wire which in turn transmits it as a silent electromagnetic signal which is received by hearing loop enabled hearing aids. Hearing aids that are able to receive these sounds have receivers in called telecoils. They are available as an option on most hearing aids. Places that have hearing loops may call them T-loops, hearing loops or assisted listening.

Titanium

Certain hearing aid manufacturers can offer hearing aids that are made from titanium rather than the usual acrylic material. There are several benefits of having titanium. The main one being that it is hypoallergenic. Titanium is also a stronger material than acrylic meaning that it may be more robust and last longer.

It’s important to talk to your hearing care expert about your needs and what you would like from your hearing aids. These hearing aid extras will most likely need to be added at the point of order. If you’d like any further information about hearing aid extras, please give us a call. If you would like to book in for a hearing consultation, this can be done easily via our website.