digital hearing aid


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dig·i·tal hear·ing aid

(dij'i-tăl hēr'ing ād)
Programmable hearing aid that can be customized to the extent of the user's hearing loss.
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The hospitals have slashed the waiting period for digital hearing aids from more than two years to 12 weeks.
Patients costing the NHS pounds 75,000; HEALTH: Hearing-aid patients are not turning up for follow-up appointments
The large demand for digital hearing aids means that the Trust will be discussing investment in audiology services with the local Health Boards in due course.
Waiting months to hear clearly; OAPs angry at delays in receiving digital aids for the deaf
The glasses are attractively styled and no-one will guess that they contain a high performance digital hearing aid.
Hear again with nothing in either ear
DIGITAL hearing aids are to be available free on the NHS from next month - and Rugby and Kenilworth MP Andy King has welcomed the news.
Free digital hearing aids
Everyone was given to understand they could have a digital hearing aid if they needed one from last August, but it really needed to be a roll out programme.
War On Iraq: Demand for digital aids sees waiting lists soar
MORE than 4,000 people have been fitted with new digital hearing aids as part of a groundbreaking NHS project.
Health focus: More to get digital hearing aid
I was working in an accountancy firm and the difference the digital hearing aid made was incredible.
SCANDAL OF DEAF SCOTS IGNORED BY NHS; 170,000 are denied better hearing
It demands that the Government acts to improve waiting times for digital hearing aids.
Campaign on hearing aids
NEW AID: Jane Hutt watches clinical scientist Rhys Meredith fit a digital hearing aid to Elizabeth Jones at Gorseinon Hospital Picture: TREVOR WATERS
Deaf given digital help
Bill Clinton had his digital hearing aid implanted directly into the canal of his ear last year.
Improving mankind for the future
Innova is the Company's next generation of high-end digital hearing aid technology offering unmatched hearing aid consumer benefits and features.
Sonic Innovations, Inc. Introduces Premium Digital Hearing Aid Line; Innova(TM) Product Family Debuts at the American Academy of Audiology Convention
But that has become less effective and now Patricia is being fitted for a new digital hearing aid - and she should be able to hear birdsong again.
Deaf in Wales to get digital hearing aids
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