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What To Know About Locked Hearing Aids with Dr. Schlater

Understanding Locked Hearing Aids

  – Locked hearing aids can only be accessed and reprogrammed by a specific clinic or manufacturer.

  – The lock is due to a code that prevents other clinics from making changes to the programming.

  – This restriction prevents patients from seeking care at other clinics if their current clinic is unavailable or unsatisfactory.

  – These hearing aids can be cleaned and checked by other clinics but cannot be reprogrammed unless by the original company.

  – Dr. Schlater advises against purchasing locked hearing aids due to potential limitations in care flexibility… Continue reading

September 16, 2024 Uncategorized

Hearing Aids, Moisture, and Redux Drying!

Hi, I’m Dr. Egan from Now Hear This, and today I’m going to talk to you about our newest equipment, our hearing aid ReDux dryer system.

One of the biggest enemies of hearing aids is moisture. All hearing aids experience moisture in the ear canal, but especially in North Carolina, we face even more. Even if we aren’t avid walkers, gardeners, or outdoors people. Just sitting outside, our hearing aids are exposed to humidity, and our new industrial ReDux hearing dryer removes full microliters of moisture and can bring a hearing aid from dead to life again. We added this ReDux system to our clinic in June of this past year to our clinic and so far it has been an amazing lifesaver for our patients and their hearing aids. So far, it has saved multiple sets of hearing aids from having to go out for repair, because it was able to remove all the moisture itself… Continue reading

September 7, 2023 Another Category, Legal, Post Types, Standard Posts, Uncategorized