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Cochlear Implants - Private Bimodal / Binaural Aid Fitting
For patients with a single Cochlear branded cochlear implant (CI), the NHS tend to fit an NHS Resound/Danalogic aid, as standard, to the
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jan 271 min read
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Auracast - The Future of Hearing in Public Places
Auracast is a method of sending the signal from a microphone (e.g. a performer on stage) or broadcaster to multiple Bluetooth hearing aids,
Sally Jackson RHAD
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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Bernafon Encanta Road Test
Bernafon Signature Sound
As someone who really doesn't get on with Oticon aids at all, I had worried that they might have borrowed their...
Sally Jackson RHAD
Sep 26, 20243 min read
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Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants - Part Two
The key concept that I took away from meeting my implanted patient is this: she’s going to keep on improving, while my hearing ability can
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jul 13, 20245 min read
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Severe SensorineuralHearing Loss and Cochlear Implants - Part One
How severe, high-frequency, sensorineural hearing loss affects patients, and how audiologists deal with it. Cochlear implants are next.
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jul 13, 20243 min read
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Assistive Listening Devices - Guest Post by Dr James Jackson
As a Widex hearing aid wearer, I naturally need Widex gadgets, but I thought I would post on just how important these peripherals are,
Dr James Jackson
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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Review of Widex Smart RIC MOMENT 440 Hearing Aids
This is Widex's brand new, facelifted product. It's the same Moment platform/generation inside as the previous aids, but the design has bee
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jun 9, 20244 min read
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What Does Frequency Lowering Do For Me?
Frequency lowering comes in two main flavours, frequency compression and frequency transposition. Both of these are strategies to bring ver
Sally Jackson RHAD
Feb 21, 20244 min read
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Widex Sound Connect Review
The Widex Sound Connect is this cute little USB device here in the image. I've been trying it out with the Moment 440 Sheer RIC aids and it
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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Losing / Insuring Your Hearing Aids
What you need to know about losing & insuring your hearing aids, and claiming for lost hearing aids.
Sally Jackson RHAD
Oct 7, 20234 min read
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Is it bad if you wear two different kinds of hearing aids (one on each ear)?
Can you wear different hearing aids on each side?
Sally Jackson RHAD
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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Do IIC hearing aids (inside the canal) provide better hearing improvement than BTE (behind-the-ear)?
IIC have a fixed vent which means it can’t be changed as your hearing loss progresses (this hamstrings the audiologist who has to progressiv
Sally Jackson RHAD
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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“He won’t wear his hearing aids” - refusing to rehabilitate.
It’s not possible for an audiologist to remove unwanted sounds and only give back amplified speech on demand.
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jul 9, 20236 min read
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Does wearing hearing aids accelerate hearing loss?
Does wearing hearing aids accelerate hearing loss?
Not as a rule, no. There has been research done on this, and the study I read (apologies
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jul 8, 20233 min read
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Widex Sound Assist (Table Microphone) Full Length Review
I review the new Widex Sound Assist table microphone / partner microphone as a hearing aid end user and as an audiologist.
Sally Jackson RHAD
Feb 18, 20236 min read
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Pros and Cons of Invisible Hearing Aids
The pros and cons of “invisible hearing aids”. Are invisible hearing aids right for me? Let’s take a look!
Sally Jackson RHAD
Sep 4, 20224 min read
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Do I Need to Upgrade my Hearing Aids?
Let’s talk about whether you need to upgrade your hearing aids, and if they really are “obsolete”.
Sally Jackson RHAD
Aug 21, 20226 min read
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Why do NHS hearing aids whistle (or hurt, or are too quiet etc etc)?
I meet a lot of people who are having problems with their NHS aids and are thinking of going private because of them. This is not a bad...
Sally Jackson RHAD
Jul 31, 20223 min read
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Are there hearing aids that separate sounds? I hear everything all at once…
Yes indeed there are! Basic hearing aids will amplify all sound inputs equally, so loud background noise that’s roughly the same volume as t
Sally Jackson RHAD
May 29, 20222 min read
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Memories are made of this (humongous NHS hearing aids).
Remember the good old days? Returning glass bottles for your 10p deposit back. Chocolate bars that could fill you up til teatime. No...
Sally Jackson RHAD
Feb 27, 20221 min read
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