Best Hearing Aids for Age Related Hearing Loss

About 10% of the general population and more than 50% of people over the age of 55 have hearing loss. More than 80% of our clients have purchased hearing aids due primarily to age-related hearing loss.
​Age-related hearing loss has a rather unique profile. It is characterized by higher degrees of hearing loss at high frequencies (see illustration below). This type of hearing loss can be deceptive because you may hear normally in lower frequencies, but struggle to hear higher frequencies clearly. This results in an inability to hear subtle but crucial clarity consonants (i.e. 's', 'f', 't', 'sh', etc.). Often, this type of hearing loss is accompanied by high-frequency tinnitus in the region of loss. Many people struggle in particular in more noisy, real-world environments. This is when you may notice your hearing loss impacts you the most.
The purpose of this article is to discuss unique aspects of the most common form of hearing loss - age-related hearing loss. We will discuss how basic hearing aids can be the best value investment for this type of hearing loss. As well, we touch on traditional limitations all clients and practitioners face when treating age-related loss, as well as how new hearing aid technology and clinical best practices can be used to achieve more effective results.
​You'll also have the opportunity to sample some audio recordings of actual hearing aids, recorded in our clinic (using the world's more beautiful keymar, I might add) in both quiet and in noisy settings. This helps to make ideas discussed below more real, demonstrating how hearing aids will sound when faced with your real world environments.