Best Hearing Aid Sound Quality: HearAdvisor Expert Choice Awards 2023
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- HearAdvisor is an independent lab that has tested most of the popular hearing aids on the US market in 2023. After countless hours of scientific testing and analysis, we are ready to announce our SoundScore™ and the winners of the 2023 HearAdvisor Expert Choice Badge. Together, the SoundScore™ summarizes hearing aid performance in a easy-to-compare number and the badge is a clear sign that a product is a top-performer in our lab.
Watch to learn more and see which 13 companies received our HearAdvisor Expert Choice Badge!
For more information about Hear Advisor and our methods, visit www.hearadvisor.com/
To see our reviews visit: www.hearingtracker.com/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 How we Identify Top-Performers
01:24 Intro to SoundScore™ and 2023 HearAdvisor Expert Choice Badge
02:16 Winners of 2023 Expert Choice Award
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I was under the impression that the field would be narrowed down to the best. I guess they're all the same.
Why did you not rank these devices? That would be very helpful
Thanks for the recommendation Corbin. We are currently updating our website to provide more clear information like this. Thanks for watching and check back in the coming weeks.
- Steve
Hi, Are they useful for profound hearing loss? That is to say, does it transfer the audio from the right ear to the left ear to be able to listen?
Hello, our testing focuses on a mild-to-moderate sloping hearing loss. However, most traditional hearing aids have a CROS option, where the signal can be transferred from one ear to the other.
- Steve
I'm in the very long trial period for Jabra Enhance 200. My two concerns: the clash between the main body and eyeglasses is a challenge and second, I have a telemed appt with an audiologist about my new devices but it's a very long wait. However, you can comment on the programming and someone magically installs an update in stealth mode and quickly. Regarding your video, did you take support and trial periods into account or only hardware performance?
Brien, our testing is focused on sound quality/hardware performance. So your real-world feedback regarding use with glasses and their customer support is helpful. Sometimes changing the earwire/receiver wire length can help with glasses. Your hearing care provider should be able to troubleshoot with you when you get through to them. Thanks!
- Steve
Sad to see so many OTC devices on your list. I'm not an audiologist, just a hearing impaired Vietnam veteran with tinnitus. I think the average OTC hearing aid user is going to order them online, maybe after taking an online hearing test and not going to bother going to see a hearing care professional. I think this is a huge mistake that many people will make, to their own detriment. Someone with a huge piece of earwax blocking their ear canal probably won't need a hearing aid, just a wax removal. I think you get my point...
Thanks for your comment, you bring up a valid point. We are strong advocates for hearing care and “best-practices” audiologists. In a perfect world everyone would be able to receive quality care, in a timely manner, without extreme costs. Unfortunately this is not what most people experience. In that light, we’ve been very relieved to find that there are viable OTC products available. Further, we’re finding that these OTC products can be “tuned” by audiologists in most cases to offer better performance. So the two do not have to be mutually exclusive which is a win for everyone.
P.s. I did C&P examinations for years for the VA through a nonprofit, thank you for your service!
- Steve
Sounds like some BS.
Hello Eddieashley, thanks for your comment. I know there’s lots of mistrust surrounding hearing health, hopefully we can help change that in the long run. Feel free to read through our white paper on HearAdvisor.com. It discusses in greater detail what objective tests we’re using to assess these products.
-Steve