Love Your Hearing

Hearing loss is more common than most people realize. Much like your vision, hearing can decline with age. In Fact, 1 in 3 people, aged 65 and up suffer from some form of hearing loss. Symptoms can include:

• Ringing in your ears
• Asking others to repeat themselves
• Memory loss
• Distinguishing background noise
• Frequently adjusting the TV volume
• Thinking others are mumbling in normal conversations

Some health insurance plans cover select hearing aid options, but have a maximum allowed coverage. Medicare does not cover hearing aids or hearing services. We offer an affordable range of hearing aids and are competitively priced in our community. Our hearing center also provides patient financing for hearing aids, including no-interest payment plans.

Yes, whenever possible during your free hearing aid consultation, we offer demonstrations of the latest hearing aid technology. Additionally, once you purchase your new hearing aids, we offer a 30-day period where you can receive a refund or exchange for a different style.

Hearing loss can be hard for individuals to identify or recognize, as hearing loss doesn’t normally affect all sounds the same way.  Most hearing loss is high frequencies loss and not low.  In these cases, patients will hear noise and the start of a conversation, but have difficulty with clarity of speech, especially in background noise.  Therefore, many people may think they “hear fine, and others just mumble or don’t speak up”.  No matter what situation, a baseline hearing test is good idea for every adult to have, even if they think they have normal hearing.  Additional, when you choose Florida Eye for hearing aids, we offer no pressure, honest evaluations so your loved one can be comfortable taking the next steps to getting answers about their hearing and if hearing aids are recommended.

Our Hearing Center works with all major hearing aid suppliers and offers a variety of styles, so we aren’t locked in to only one option for our patients.  Every patient has their own unique needs and wants for their hearing and hearing aids.  Our Audiologist will provide an honest recommendation based on your lifestyle, desires, and hearing needs.  We have invisible, state of the art, and rechargeable options available.  We strive to have hearing aid options that will meet every patient’s needs and desired look.

Hearing aids not only vary in style (in-the-ear, over-the-ear, etc.), but also in technology.  Technology is really the biggest difference with hearing aids across the board as they are now minicomputers, and some have better processing than others.  Many patients have seen advertisements for cheap hearing aids, and they think these are the same as the ones they can buy in a clinic from a professional.  However, often these “hearing aids” are more like personal amplifiers and they tend to amplify all sounds including background noise.  This means the hearing aid wearer will still struggle in all those social situations that prompted them to get hearing aids in the first place.  At Florida Eye Specialists, we strive to make sure we match our patients’ needs with the right technology.  We don’t want our patients overpaying for technology they don’t need, but also want them to have adequate noise reduction to help their social environments stay comfortable and most importantly clear!