Hearing Aids

The University of Oregon recently conducted a study on silence and found that the brain designates different pathways for silence and noise. According to the research, the brain can regulate the start and end of everything the ear hears. This seems to conclude that the signal designating a sound’s appearance and disappearance use different pathways. The brain can then shut off sound processing when there are no sounds coming in. This is how a person can regulate his or her speech as well as be silent.

This could help improve the design of cochlear implants and hearing aids as well as help children who have speech and learning impairments.

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The Illinois Senate is considering a bill that would remove restrictions on hearing aid coverage. It would give people who are deaf or hard of hearing the right to choose a hearing device without being limited to a small list of devices covered by current insurance companies. Cochlear implants are usually covered, but insurance companies often do not cover “cosmetic” devices like hearing aids.

Some people cannot afford hearing aids, some people prefer to have the external aid rather than invasive surgery and some people do not have a complicated enough situation to qualify for cochlear implants. If passed, the bill would also have no age restrictions.

For more information on hearing loss and hearing aids, contact the hearing loss professionals of Hearing Planet at 800-432-7669 today.