This OTC hearing aid is only for people age 18 or older with signs of mild to moderate hearing loss.
How do you know if you have this?
- You have trouble hearing speech in noisy places
- You find it hard to follow speech in groups
- You have trouble hearing on the phone
- Listening makes you tired
- You need to turn up the volume on the TV or radio, and other people complain it’s too loud
Some people with hearing loss may need help from a hearing healthcare professional to determine what will work for them.
How do you know if you should see one?
- You can’t hear speech even if the room is quiet
- You don’t hear loud sounds well; for example, you don’t hear loud music, power tools, engines, or other very noisy things
If you have any of the problems listed below, please see a doctor, preferably an ear-nose-throat doctor (an ENT).
- Your ear has a congenital disability, an unusual shape, was injured or deformed in an accident.
- You saw blood, pus, or fluid coming out of your ear in the past six months
- Your ear feels painful or uncomfortable
- You have a lot of ear wax, or you think something could be in your ear
- You get dizzy or have a feeling of spinning or swaying (called vertigo)
- Your hearing changed suddenly in the past six months
- Your hearing changed: it gets worse then gets better again
- You have worse hearing in one ear
- You hear ringing or buzzing in only one year