Just remember - if u have old age hearing loss then the problem is clarity, not volume.
So get hearing aid that improves clarity.
I have also learned that everyone - if they live long enough - will go deaf. The little hairs in ear get old and damaged.
My hearing loss is judged to be ‘severe’ (80 to 90 dB loss), and I have had my Phonak digital hearing aids for 5 years:
Advantages:
- The Bluetooth connection significantly improves TV and internet sounds, and dampens the room’s noise
- The audiologist can program the hearing aid to match my hearing loss to the audiogram’s results
- Being digital hearing aids, as the battery slowly dies, the amplification level does not change. A big plus for me: In older models, it was hard to tell if I couldn’t hear from my impairment, the battery is dying, or the hearing aid has a problem, and I miss hearing something important
- As the battery slowly dies, it produces an audible signal to let me know to change the battery soon
Disadvantages:
- They use the 675 batteries, which not only are tiny for my big hands to install, but also only last than one week, instead a month with larger batteries that my old hearing aids used