What are the Best Digital Hearing Aids?
Hearing aids have developed massively over the last 10 years with the onset of digital technology. But how are you to know the best digital hearing aids to get? This was my first question when I started looking at getting a digital hearing aid.
The problem is that there are so many brands of digital hearing aids out there and each company has numerous models. Of course you should look to your hearing specialist for advice, but at the same time it’s good to be armed with some information yourself about the different brands and models so you can ask the right questions. The decision will be that much easier.
So with that in mind, here’s a quick rundown of the most popular brands:
Rexton is known for manufacturing a large variety of both digital and analog hearing aids. They divide their hearing aids into 3 groups: the Arena is their basic model and the cheapest; the Targa is a mid-level hearing aid with an adaptive noise reduction feature; and Calibra is their most sophisticated model, and also the most expensive.
Siemens has been around for 125 years and has one of the most respected names in the hearing aid business. Among its least expensive models are the Cielo and Artis, both of which include digital noise reduction. A step up, but still reasonably priced are the Intuis and Phoenix models. These models come with a high tech micro computers and background noise reduction technology. If you want the best digital hearing aid that Siemens has to offer then you can look at their Acuris and Centra models.
Beltone is another long-standing company, having been founded in 1940, and is another one that enjoys an excellent reputation. Like Rexton and Siemens it offers three different levels of digital hearing aids: if you are on a budget then you should consider the Basic as Beltone’s low end model. For middle of the road models you should check out Access and Mira. Both have technologies to recognize human voices, ways to deal with feedback and do a good job of reproducing human voice sounds. One of the best Beltone hearing aids is the Linq and Edge which have nine digital channels to help hear human conversation clearly while eliminating background noise.
There are many other brands out there as well, but as a starting point we recommend you check out Rexton, Siemens and Beltone as companies with great long standing reputations and a wide range of digital hearing aids to meet almost any budget.
