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Read more Why Hearing Aids Are Now Part of Personal StyleThe four environmental modes can be of some help here, but the best in my experience was the default Comfort mode, which “reduces the sharpness of high-frequency sounds…
Read more The Best Part of Audien’s Atom X Hearing Aids Is the Helpful, High-Tech CaseSo what is it about the Enhance Select 700 aids that makes them 200 better than the Select 500? The big sell is a new audio feature called…
Read more Jabra’s Enhance Select 700 Are Top-Tier Hearing Aids That Don’t Add MuchMy first encounter with Elehear, an over-the-counter hearing aid brand, earlier this year was positive. The company’s Alpha Pro hearing aids are traditional behind-the-ear devices designed for users…
Read more Elehear’s New Beyond Hearing Aids Will Make Your Ears Feel Elephant-SizedTV Ears has teamed up with Beltone to promote the benefits of better hearing by offering free hearing screenings at participating Beltone locations nationwide. TV Ears customers will…
Read more Beltone and TV Ears Join Forces to Provide Free Hearing Screenings at Participating Beltone Locations NationwideStigmas should be stigmatized. Whether we’re talking about mental health or wearing cargo pants, the world would benefit from less societal shade. When it comes to hearing aids,…
Read more The Best Invisible Hearing AidsSony’s CRE-C10 in-ear hearing aids are stunners in every dimension except for one: The tiny in-the-ear devices rely on replaceable hearing aid batteries instead of an integrated, rechargeable…
Read more Sony’s CRE-C20 Are My New Favorite In-the-Ear Hearing Aidsfor those with hearing challenges, there’d long been just one option for dealing with it: an expensive, bulky hearing aid prescribed by a doctor. That changed in 2022…
Read more The Best Hearing Aids We’ve Personally Tested and Vetted With an ExpertIn use as a hearing aid, the Melodia has two modes—all around and “hear in noise,” which is designed for louder settings. Both were reasonably effective, but I…
Read more Kingwell’s Earbuds-Style Melodia Aren’t Like Other Cheap Hearing AidsHearing loss can happen at any age—including birth—but it’s most common among older adults. Data shows that about a third of people 65 and older have age-related hearing loss,…
Read more The Best Hearing Aids for SeniorsIf you’re spending hundreds or thousands of dollars buying an OTC hearing aid, make sure you’re getting a product that offers a sustainable long-term solution to your hearing…
Read more The Best Over-the-Counter Hearing AidsI don’t think I’ve ever seen a hearing aid that looks quite like Linner’s Mars devices. Depending on your point of view, that’s either a good or bad…
Read more Linner’s $400 Hearing Aids Are Surprisingly Great for Streaming MediaMFi hearing devices usually have additional settings (it depends on the manufacturer) and can be configured from Control Center (with Hearing added) or through the Accessibility shortcut, which…
Read more How to Use Your Smartphone to Cope With Hearing LossWhen Sony entered the over-the-counter hearing aid market two years ago, it did so with a pair of products: the CRE-C10 and the more expensive CRE-E10. I was…
Read more Sony’s Upgraded Earbud-Like Hearing Aids Offer Good Sound and Streaming QualityFounded in 2018, Orka Labs feels like a bigger and more established hearing aid company than it is, with polished hardware that’s now on its second edition. The…
Read more The Orka Two Are the Sleekest Hearing Aids AroundIndiegogo-backed Ceretone is yet another hearing aid company aimed at people looking for a low-cost, low-complexity way to give their hearing a boost. At $349 for a pair—or…
Read more Ceretone’s Core One Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Near Invisible, and Barely HelpfulYou don’t have to be nearly deaf to use a hearing aid. Many doctors urge patients to get started with the devices early, before hearing loss becomes critical.…
Read more These Hearing Aids Are Big and Clunky, but They Help With Mild Hearing LossCheaper options abound, however, with manufacturers now racing to the bottom to produce the hearing-aid equivalent of gas station “cheater” eyeglasses. Ultracheap hearing aids are now available for…
Read more How to Buy a Hearing Aid: Top Questions and AnswersI’ve been covering hearing aids for WIRED for nearly three years now, and I regularly talk to users and prospects about them when I wear them in public.…
Read more Jabra’s Smallest Hearing Aids Are Some of the Best We’ve TestedHall says when she has access to an interpreter, they are rotated throughout the week, forcing her to repeatedly explain some technical concepts. “Google is going the cheap…
Read more Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination
