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You Won’t Believe Your Ears! Hearing aids that allow you to hear better than someone with normal hearing – and available in Bury St Edmunds! Do you struggle to follow conversation?
technology company Siemens.
Do people say you have the TV too loud?
Michael Shade, Bury St Edmunds Audiologist for The Hearing Care Centre couldn’t hide his excitement about being able to offer the new technology: “Hearing aids have developed so much recently that we are now able to make claims such as ‘better hearing than a normal person in certain situations’. This would have been unthinkable ten years ago.
Are you always having to say ‘pardon’? Do peoples voices sound muffled? These are all common signs of hearing loss, which affects around one out of six people in the UK – however help is at hand. One local company is now offering people the opportunity to trial a new hearing aid, which has been labelled as the world’s first that allows hearing impaired people to hear better than people with normal hearing in certain listening situations*. The Hearing Care Centre, based locally at Mount Farm GP Surgery, in Bury St Edmunds was the first company in the country to have access to the new hearing aid platform called binax, designed and produced by global
With technology as it is today, there should no-longer be a stigma surrounding hearing loss, as you are more noticeable with a hearing loss than you are wearing a hearing aid.” If you have a hearing loss and have yet to seek help, The Hearing Care Centre has organised a local event that you can attend to have your hearing tested free of charge (saving £20).
Lawson Place, in Bury St Edmunds and appointments must be booked in advance. To book a hearing test and to find out more about the new binax hearing aid, call Freephone 0800 096 2637 or visit www.hearingcarecentre.co.uk *Two clinical studies have shown that binax provides better than normal hearing in certain demanding environments (Northern Colorado University, 2014; Oldenburg Hörzentrum, 2013): Speech Reception Thresholds in cocktail-party situations improved up to 2.9dB for wearers with mild to moderate hearing loss using Carat binax or Pure binax hearing instruments with narrow directionality, compared to people with normal hearing
An Open Day will take place on Wednesday 11th February 015 (9am5pm) at Mount Farm GP Surgery,
Issue 29 2015