Do hearing aids really work?

If you are considering hearing aids, the best thing you can do is to dismiss any pre-existing ideas you have about hearing technology and then do your research with a clean slate. .... It's really more: 'I don't have to try so hard, I'm not tired at the end of the day because I've been working so hard to listen. read more

June 1, 2009 -- If you've heard that hearing aids don't work, you've heard wrong. But you've also heard wrong if you think the answer to hearing loss is simply sticking a hearing aid in your ear, an in-depth study by Consumer Reports shows. read more

Yes, hearing aids really work. Most hearing aids today are digital devices that use complex algorithms to selectively amplify and process sounds. They consist of one or more microphones, an amplifier and a speaker (or receiver). read more

Typically when someone wears hearing aids for the first time, it has been years since they heard normally (on average, people wait for 7 years to do anything about their hearing loss). That means that the brain has gone day-in, day-out for several years without stimulation in the areas where they are missing sounds. read more