We asked 425 Australians one open question, with no multiple choice and no prompts: what words come to mind when you think of hearing aids? Just […]

No, you shouldn’t wear your hearing aids to bed. Standard hearing aids aren’t designed for sleep wear—they create feedback when pressed against pillows, trap moisture and […]

Our national survey of 425 Australians reveals a strange contradiction at the heart of hearing care: we believe in hearing aids, we trust the professionals who […]

The honest answer: Signia and Phonak are both premium European manufacturers with excellent outcomes, but they’ve made fundamentally different engineering choices about what matters most in […]

The fundamental difference is this: over-the-counter hearing aids are consumer devices you buy and adjust yourself for perceived mild to moderate hearing loss, while prescription hearing […]

The hardware inside a Phonak Audéo Lumity 30 is identical to the hardware in a Lumity 90. Same chip, same microphones, same receiver, same Bluetooth antenna. […]

That sensation of fullness or pressure in your ears—like you’re underwater or hearing through cotton wool—is one of the most common complaints we encounter in clinical […]

No, you shouldn’t swim with your hearing aids in. While modern hearing aids are water *resistant* – typically rated IP68, meaning they’ll survive sweat, rain, and […]

No. Properly fitted hearing aids do not damage your hearing or make your hearing loss worse. This is one of the most persistent myths in audiology, […]