Healthy Hearing & Balance Clinic - Hearing Aid and Tinnitus Solutions
 
 
Selecting The Hearing Solution That Is Right For You
 
This series of questions will help you find,
 
 what you NEED based on your hearing loss as well as help sort out what you WANT based on your hearing needs.
 
Click on the button that comes CLOSEST to your answer.
 
We realize you may not be sure on some questions, thats alright. This is just a start.
By answering to the best of your ability you are more likely to be 100% satisfied with the final outcome
 
There are often a variety of options in hearing aids to chose from no matter what your needs are. Once we have reviewed your answers you will be better able to select the instrument that is right for you and not one that someone wanted to SELL you !
 
There is always room to comment below each answer.
 
 
1.) I am in a variety of hearing situations such as small groups, restaurants, using the telephone, individual talkers, and meetings such as religious services. I need various hearing aid settings for different listening environments.
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2.) When there are soft sounds I want them to be audible while not making loud sounds uncomfortable
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3.) The hearing aid controls bring in maximum power yet do not over amplify
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4.) I feel I need to purchase the most advanced, state of the art processing so I will be equipped for future changes in my hearing as well as advanced technology
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5.) When in situations where others are talking or laughing loud the hearing aids deliver undistorted and clear sounds.
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6.) Comfort hearing in noisy situations
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7.) I need proformance in a variety of listening situations such as background noise, quick volume level changes, such as family gatherings, and wish to hear well.
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8.) Ability to hear soft and distant speech
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9.) Better ability to hear high pitched sounds
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10.) Voices and other sounds are natural.
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11.) There is comfort in listening even when things around me are loud or noisy
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12.) Able to understand speech in the presence of background noise such as in restaurants
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13.) Minimal hearing aid whistling (feedback)
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14.) I would like a hearing aid that knows when feedback is present and cancels it automatically
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15.) Ultimate in natural, clear, crisp, comfortable sound quality
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16.) I want my hearing aid to take the conditions of my ear canal into consideration and make automatic adjustments according to the sounds around me
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17.) I would like my hearing aid to adjust to make sounds comfortable no matter if they are voice, music, or other sounds in my environment
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18.) Provides relief from ringing, buzzing, crickets, tinnitus, in the ears
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19.) I enjoy music or have employment that requires I have accurate reproduction of sound
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20.) Brings in higher frequencies to help avoid any tinny sounds
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21.) Hearing soft voices such as women and children
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22.) Computerized software is used to help find the areas where I am missing certain sounds
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23.) There is the ability to fine tune the hearing aid to my hearing loss
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24.) The hearing aid is programmed using software suggestions to quickly find the most comfortable fit for me
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25.) I want my own voice to sound natural to me and not like I am talking in a barrel
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26.) The hearing aid should take the size and shape of my own ear canal to know what sound is right for me
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27.) I would like to be able to be able to hear in a wide variety of settings such as; small groups, restaurants, family gatherings, television and more
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28.) I want more than one program to listen to when I am being bothered by my ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
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29.) The hearing aid needs to be able to be reprogrammed to use as my listening needs change over time
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30.) Hearing on the telephone
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31.) I feel I need the quality available through fine tuning the hearing aid to fit my specific needs
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32.) I would like to hear as many of the sounds I am missing as I can but with comfort
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33.) I want to hear with out stress or without feeling voices are too loud.
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34.) The hearing aid needs to make soft sounds louder but not make loud sounds uncomfortably loud
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35.) I do not want the hearing aids to make me feel like I am talking in a barrel
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36.) I do not want to hear any type of echo like sounds when I speak
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37.) The hearing aid should be programmed using computer software that can hone in on very specific areas of where I need to hear better
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38.) Changing programs for different listening environments needs to be easy and hassle free
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39.) The hearing aid can be controlled by a hand held remote
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How can we contact you? Please fill in a telphone number or email address below so we can let you know our recomendations for you. Thank you, Dr. Schneider and Staff
Or Call us at
(863) 647-5700
for a no risk appointment to discuss your options
Healthy Hearing & Balance Clinic
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5424 Strickland Ave.
Lakeland , FL , 33812 USA
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Phone 8636475700