Hearing Aids Specialist

Roughly, one in every ten people has some degree of hearing difficulties. Today there are hearing aids that are almost invisible, comfortable, with great sound quality, which helps people eliminate or improve their hearing problems. A hearing aid specialist works with people and use computers and highly technical equipment to determine a persons hearing loss and diagnose possible illness. They also fit patients with hearing aids, which makes a huge difference in their lives, helping them connect with loved ones and friends easier.

Many specialists refer their patients to a physician, family physician, internist or ear, nose and throat specialist if they feel a persons hearing loss needs additional medical attention. A doctor can tell if your hearing loss is something that is easy to correct, such as wax buildup or more serious. Approximately eighty percent of people complaining of hearing loss actually benefit from a hearing aid. A hearing aid specialist works with the manufacturer and their staff in order to supply their patients with the most practical and suitable hearing aid for their specific needs. They have the experience to help people hear better and often provide hearing tests to evaluate their needs.

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丹麥ReSound瑞聲達

GN ReSound is a very well known Danish hearing aid manufacturer. In fact, they have been described by many within the industry as being one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of hearing aids products. The company is involved with many different aspects of hearing aid technology. This includes research, development of new (cutting edge) digital hearing devices, as well as being a respected world-wide supplier of hearing equipment to a wide variety of different people. This includes both doctors and patients (through their direct-to-consumer program).

Over the years, GN ReSound has acquired a sizable number of companies who themselves have developed a wide array of technologies to help people hear better. These include AB Transistor, Ternen, Bass and High, and Dana Japan. To the surprise of many within the industry, the company also acquired ICS Medical which was based in the United States. But perhaps the biggest acquisition was in the early 2000′s when Beltone Electronics was acquired. This deal effectively made GN Resound one of the very largest hearing aid and hearing equipment manufacturers in the world today.

The company produces in-the-ear, in-the-canal, completely-in-the-canal, and behind-the-ear hearing aid devices. They have an extremely vast product line that offers customers a wide array of choices. Some of the brands you might be familiar with include: Canta, ReSoundAIR, and NewTone.

在了解人工電子耳的資訊之後,一旦下定決定要裝人工電子耳就要開始做些心理建設,電子耳手術現在比起十年前普遍許多了,醫生的經驗豐富技術純熟,因此手術造成的失敗並不多,

只是手術前醫院還是會依程序請你簽一堆同意書(任何手術都差不多)

所以現在討論電子耳成效部份大多是指戴電子耳之後聽說能力的進步效果，

• 功能：人工耳蝸與助聽器最大的共同之處在於都能改善使用者的聽力，都能助聽。

• 形式：助聽器配戴在體外，而人工蝸既有戴在體外的部分，如麥克風，言語處理器，傳送器，也有通過手術植入體內的部分，如接收刺激器與電極等。

助聽器

助聽器是一個非常全球化的產業，目前國際上主要有六大助聽器品牌。若從助聽技術及音質的角度來看，丹麥的助聽器品牌的音質及技術是最先進的，助聽器六大品牌中丹麥的助聽器就占了三個。

全球化產業：助聽器

隱藏式耳道型助聽器ITC

在美國以及很多亞洲國家，助聽器並沒有被大多數的醫療保險，或健保所覆蓋。這意味著，大多數助聽器的購買並不能享受到相應的醫療補助。由於病人要承擔助聽器的全部費用，制約了助聽器市場的發展。2009年，美國助聽器和聽力器械市場的價值超過52億美元。這一市場包括各種用來診斷和治療聽力損失的產品及輔具。在這一市場上，助聽器佔據了90％以上的份額，而且需求在不斷增加，預計銷售收入將會增長。此外，美國大約有3340萬人患有聽力損失，然而，他們之中只有17％的人購買了助聽器進行治療。在助聽器行業發現難以提高市場滲透率之時，現實市場仍然只達到了其潛在規模的一小部分。

 小型化

從19世紀末的桌面大小到20世紀末的重量大約一克，助听器外型尺寸越來越小。盡管目前還未找到進一步大幅度減小助聽器外型尺寸的有效方法，但作為趨勢，助聽器肯定會越做越小，越做越美觀。隱型助聽器不僅是制造商的希望，更是廣大助听器使用者的要求。

丹麥ReSound瑞聲達助聽器集團 總裁專訪

2010年，瑞聲達ReSound新系列助聽器系列在大中華地區成功上市，為助聽器市場帶來了最新的革命技術，與此同時，提高售後服務的水準和質量也成為瑞聲達2010年的工作重心。今天，當2010年即將成為過去，以下是媒體對瑞聲達總經理，羅傑達頓，所作的一段專訪，聽他談談瑞聲達2010年的發展歷程。