Nexear hearing aid company focuses on tackling the issue of affordability for hearing aids. They are well aware that millions of Americans need hearing aids but simply can’t afford to pay out what often amounts to $4,000 for the hearing aids.
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Jumping right to the styles that Nexear currently produces:
Nexear 200 AFC, their base model, that while inexpensive, lacks in too many features for us to recommend this.
Nexear 500 NR features noise-reduction and 4 compression channels.
Nexear800 OTE improves the 500 with two push-button memory selection though only 2 compression channels.
Nexear 900 OTE is an over-the-ear shell (as the name implies) and has better push-button memory with a high sound quality.
For Americans with hearing loss up to moderate, Nexear provides technology that improves hearing to where it needs to be while remaining affordable.
If one suffers from extreme hearing loss, Nexear is not the ideal product. The good news is that Nexear realizes this and points it out.
But don’t be mistaken nd assume that their products are not top of the line. Nexear is registered with the FDA as class one medical products.
Nexear is located in Scottsdale AZ and their hearing aids can be found in some of the largest stores and on the largest websites including Target, Drugstore.com and CVS pharmacy.
At about the size of a dime, the Nexear 200 is their entry level product. It includes adaptive feedback cancelation and the fit is fully customizable. The Nexear 900 is their top of the line offering. This hearing aid includes multiple memories which can be accessed with buttons. It employs a very comfortable open ear fit and has very wide ranging compression technology. In other words, it deals very well with the differences of loud and soft noises.
Nexear hearing aids are perfect for people who do not suffer from extreme hearing loss and are not able to pay the $2,000 per ear of the more expensive hearing aids. There is a great need for Nexear hearing aids and we are very glad they exist!
Need for change – Hearing aids are unaffordable for most people
Approximately 31 million people in the United States suffer from hearing loss – 24 million of whom are currently not being served by existing product choices and distribution methods.
Major hearing aid manufacturers have focused on expensive, custom products that are dispensed through hearing aid fitters and audiologists selling for an average price of about $2,000 each. Many individuals require two hearing aids ($4,000).
The High cost of fitting aids makes hearing assistance unaffordable to most people in need.
NexEar – A Solution to the problem of affordability
In sharp contrast Nexear offers a great product, with terrific technology for the majority of wearers who suffer from mild to moderately severe hearing loss
Nexear hearing aids sell for less than one-forth of the average retail price of hearing aids sold in the United States.
Nexear products are manufactured to our specifications, using quality components equal to those used by major brands costing up to four times more.
Nexear products are registered with the FDA as Class One medical devices.
NexEar aims to make our hearing aids
Easy to purchase
Easy to try
Easy to use
Easy to live with
AFFORDABLE
Hearing loss is a world wide problem.
Experts estimate that one out of ten people suffer from hearing loss.
As hearing gets worse people usually turn to hearing aids as the number one treatment.
Usually they experience improvement to the quality of life as they adjust to wearing a hearing aid.
How we hear
Outer/External Ear
Collects sounds
Channels sounds through ear canal to the eardrum
Middle Ear
Sounds hitting eardrum create vibrations
Vibrations cause ossicles (3 tiny bones) to move
Vibrations are transmitted to the cohlear
Inner Ear
Inside the cochlear thousands of microscopic hair cells are bent by fluid
Bending of hair cells sets off nerve impulses
Impulses are carried by the auditory nerve to the brain
How sounds are heard:
Sound Waves hit the eardrum and vibrate through the ossicular chain
Incus-malleus-stapes bones (anvil-hammer-stirrup) move in response to sound vibrations and transmit vibrations through the inner ear
Sound vibrations enter the fluid-filled cochlea; hair cell nerve endings are rocked by movement of the middle ear bones
Sensory cells activate, convert sound waves into electrical nerve impulses; carried to brain by auditory nerve
Brain decodes and interprets as the sounds we hear
Inner ear is also the center of the “vestibule system”, which helps the body maintain balance
Types Hearing Loss There are three basic types of hearing loss: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss and mixed hearing loss.
Conductive Hearing Loss
The problem lies in the outer or middle ear.
Sound is not conducted efficiently through the outer ear canal to the eardrum and the tiny bones, or ossicles, of the middle ear.
Conductive hearing loss usually involves a reduction in sound level, or the ability to hear faint sounds.
Causes include fluid in the middle ear, impacted earwax, a punctured eardrum, and ear infections.
This type of hearing loss can often be medically or surgically corrected.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Involves damage to the inner ear or auditory nerves
Can be caused by several factors, including disease, birth injury, viral and bacterial infections, genetics, head trauma, exposure to loud noise, and aging.
Involves a reduction in your ability to hear faint sounds, affects speech understanding and your ability to hear clearly.
This type of hearing loss is permanent; however, it can often be effectively treated with hearing aids.
Mixed Hearing Loss
Sometimes a conductive hearing loss occurs in combination with a sensorineural hearing loss.
Degrees of Hearing Loss The degree of hearing loss refers to the severity of the loss, measured in decibels (dB).
Normal range or no impairment 0-25 dB
Mild loss 26-40 dB
Moderate loss 41-55 dB
Moderately Severe loss 56-70 dB
Severe loss 71-90 dB
Profound loss 91-110 dB
Degree of hearing loss is determined by an average of three frequency thresholds measured at 500, 1000 and 2000 hertz (Hz).
Hearing Aid Technology Hearing aids are miniature sound amplifiers to assist persons with hearing loss. They are distinguished by where they are worn:
In-The-Ear (ITE)
In-The-Canal (ITC)
Completely-In-the-Canal (CIC)
Behind-The-Ear (BTE)
There are three levels of hearing aid technology, commonly referred to as analog, digitally programmable, and digital.
Analog – Analog technology has been around for many decades, it offers limited adjustment capability. It is the least expensive.
Digitally Programmable Analog – (DPA) technology is the “middle grade” technology. These analog circuits can be programmed.
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) – Digital technology is the most sophisticated hearing aid technology. Digital hearing aids have been widely available since 1996.
