Related Sites
Below is a list of useful links about hearing aids, hearing loss, hearing aid technology and other issues related to hearing health.
- Magazines and publications about hearing loss:
Hearing Health Magazine
Magazine for people experiencing hearing impairment and deafness, tinnitus, and other ear disorders.
- Hearing and Audiology associations:
Acoustic Neuroma Association
Information and support for people with acoustic neuroma and other hearing problems; and patient rehabilitation for physicians and health care personnel.Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Advocacy group supporting children with hearing loss; information and support for parents and professionals, including membership services and publications.
American Tinnitus Association
Professional association for audiologists, providing hearing healthcare service for children and adults through education and research.
Better Hearing Institute (BHI)
Non-profit institute with information about hearing loss and available help through medicine, surgery, amplification and other rehabilitation.
Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation
Non-profit organization and advocacy group for cochlear implant recipients, their families, professionals, and other individuals interested in cochlear implants.
Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers (HEAR)
Non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of repeated exposure to excessive noise levels.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Promoting aging research and providing health-related information of hearing loss in the elderly.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Conducts and supports research and distributes information on human communication disorders, including hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language.
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. (SHHH)
Providing information, education, support, hearing-test screenings, and advocacy for those suffering from hearing-loss disabilities. - Hearing aid manufacturers:
Bernafon-Maico
Hearing healthcare resource with tips on choosing a hearing healthcare professional, preparing for a hearing examination, and understanding hearing tests.
Lyric
100% invisible, non-surgical extended wear hearing solution.
Micro-Tech
Supplier of conventional, programmable, and digital hearing aids to hearing professionals; provides hearing education services in speech-language audiology.
GN Resound
Offers innovative hearing aids that combine original thinking and design with solid technology – all based on deep audiological insight and understanding of users.
Hansaton
Consider themselves the modern hearing systems manufacturer. Based in Hamburg, Germany and noted for producing digital hearing systems and accessories for adults, children and tinnitus sufferers.
Oticon
Hearing instruments and information about sound, hearing, and digital technology, with a search-tool for a hearing center.
Phonak
Hearing-related services, hearing aid products, audiology glossary, articles on hearing impairment, tips, and information for hearing care professionals.
Rexton
Manufacturer of hearing aid devices, with information on noise reduction, fitting your hearing aid properly, and general hearing healthcare.
Siemens Hearing
Manufactures digital bth hearing aids, itc hearing aids, cic hearing aids, and other assistive listening devices.
Sonic Innovations
Provides digital hearing aids, hearing care professional assistance, and newsletter with hearing care maintenance and rehabilitation information.
Starkey
Hearing-related information and resources for consumers and hearing care professionals, with hearing-scale tests and images of the hearing process.
Widex
Producer of digital sound for the hearing impaired, with special communication devices and resources.
