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With all of the options available, it can be quite difficult to pick a hearing aid. You may have friends and family that tell you their type and brand are the best, while others are telling you the same ones are horrible. Advertising may have caught your eye, but you do not know what you can trust. Understanding the digital world, you may worry that if you buy a hearing instrument today, it will be outdated tomorrow. You may also be worried about cosmetics, costs, and fit. There is a lot to consider!

Lists, lists, lists…

Make a list. Write down all the things that are important for you to get out of your new hearing instruments. Maybe looks is one, hearing your daughter is another, and being low-cost is a big issue! Right down your needs. Make notes about your lifestyle. Are you constantly in different listening environments? Quiet one minute; busy and noisy the next? Having your needs and wants written down will help you and your provider determine which hearing instruments are best for you! Remember though, your hearing should be the most important thing!

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Our hearing healthcare professionals can guide you through your decision-making process. We carry a variety of brands to fit every shape, style, color, and budget. We will provide you with information about the options available to you, and will offer our picks for what we feel provides your greatest benefit. Be candid about what you want. It’s your ears and your money! The more we know, the better we can provide you with good options and recommendations! Ask us today about what hearing aids are right for you!

As part of its outreach efforts, Preferred Hearing Care is urging people with heart disease to get their hearing checked. A free, quick, and confidential online hearing check at Preferred Hearing Care can help people determine if they need a comprehensive, objective hearing test by a hearing health professional. To raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their #1 health threat, Preferred Hearing Care will host Wear Red and Hear Your Heart Day.

When: Friday, February 3 2012

Time: 11:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m.

Where:  5 East Main St., Merrimac, MA.

The event will provide free hearing screening and heart healthy tips for all.  Women who wear red will receive a Special Gift.  Heart Healthy Refreshments will be served. “Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the United States,” says Nancy Sideri, Hearing Specialist and Owner of Preferred Hearing Care. “At Preferred Hearing Care, we want to help raise awareness of the serious threat it poses to each of us personally and to inform people of the connection between heart health and hearing health. We urge women and men alike to know their risks and to take action today to protect their heart—and hearing—health.”

The inner ear is extremely sensitive to blood flow. Studies have shown that a healthy cardiovascular system—a person’s heart, arteries, and veins—has a positive effect on hearing. Conversely, inadequate blood flow and trauma to the blood vessels of the inner ear can contribute to hearing loss.

On National Wear Red Day®, the first Friday of each February, Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness. Preferred Hearing Care’s activities are in partnership with The Heart Truth®, a national awareness campaign warning women about their risk of heart disease. The campaign is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) and other organizations committed to the health and well-being of women.

“Our participation in American Heart Month and National Wear Read Day® enables the hearing health community to make an important contribution to saving millions of lives,” says Dr. Sergei Kochkin, Executive Director of the Better Hearing Institute. “This is an opportunity to highlight the connection that heart health has on hearing health and to empower people with that knowledge. People with heart disease should not have to contend with the additional toll that unaddressed hearing loss takes on their quality of life.”

Some Things to Know About Heart Disease According to the American Heart Association , heart disease is our nation’s #1 killer. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one. But there is good news: There are things people can do to protect the health of their heart and reduce their risks—including adopting new habits, such as not smoking, following a heart healthy eating plan, maintaining a healthy weight, and becoming more physically active.

According to the NHLBI, family history of early heart disease and age are two key risk factors for heart disase. Controllable risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, and diabetes.The NHLBI says that the main warning signs for women and men are: Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain.

The discomfort may be mild or severe, and it may come and go. Discomfort in other areas of the upper body, including pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach. Shortness of breath, which often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort.  Other symptoms may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness.

About Hearing Loss: Numerous studies have linked untreated hearing loss to a wide range of physical and emotional conditions, including impaired memory and ability to learn new tasks, reduced alertness, increased risk to personal safety, irritability, negativism, anger, fatigue, tension, stress, depression, and diminished psychological and overall health. But eight out of ten hearing aid users report improvements in their quality of life.

For more information about women and heart disease, including materials such as The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women and fact sheets about women and heart disease, please visit  Heart Truth or call the NHLBI Health Information Center at 888-577-2961      .

It is one of the most searched health terms on the Internet and we are sure that this informative 14 page publication will help guide people suffering from tinnitus to seek professional help. The guide covers the following topics: Definition of tinnitus, classification of tinnitus, impact of tinnitus, treatment efficacy including our recent findings on the mitigating impact of hearing aids on tinnitus, and helpful hints for managing tinnitus; but more importantly it offers hope to people suffering from tinnitus.

Request your FREE Copy at:  www.preferredhearingcare.com/contact

Richard Tyler, PhD is professor in both the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and editor of three books on tinnitus, including The Consumer Handbook on Tinnitus (Auricle Ink Publishers).

Are you, or someone you know, struggling with hearing loss? We need 31 people with difficulty hearing, especially in noisy situations, to evaluate the latest in digital technology from Starkey. We will perform thorough Hearing Consultations FREE of charge to ALL callers. We will then choose 31 qualified candidates for this program.

Come join us Tuesday – Thursday • December 13, 14 & 15.  Please call 888-577-2961 immediately to schedule your evaluation to determine if you are a candidate for this program.

Candidates selected will receive tremendous savings, due to their participation. If your evaluation shows hearing improvement with the new instruments, you may choose to retain them and receive $1500  OFF our regular retail price and you will also receive FREE In-Office Maintenance for the life of the hearing instruments. Participants who successfully complete the 30 day Hearing Aid Trial Period will receive a $50.00 Gas Card as a token of our appreciation.

Come Meet Starkey Factory Specialist Bill Agan

“I’ve been all around the country doing open houses for many practices.  Starkey lives up to its name. I’m excited  to be a part of what they are doing in the Starkey Network.” Nationally known hearing aid expert.  Bill’s experience gives him tremendous insight into the problems and frustrations that accompany hearing loss and the exciting solutions that are now available. His time is dedicated 100% to traveling across the country to help people with all types of hearing loss.

Preferred Hearing Care Introduces the Industry’s Smartest Solution for High-Frequency Hearing Loss

There’s never been a better way to restore high-frequency sounds than Spectral iQ from Starkey Laboratories. Unlike competing technologies that apply frequency compression broadly, Spectral iQ is designed to enhance real-time audibility by intelligently identifying high-frequency speech cues – then replicating them in lower frequencies.

Available in all Wi Series™ and X Series™. Spectral iQ:

• Does not limit high-frequency bandwidth like competing technologies
  
• Maintains the industry’s broadest bandwidth while restoring high-frequency speech audibility for patients that may have previously been considered unaidable
  
• Is better able to identify speech sounds with high-frequency components such as “s” while not affecting other already audible speech sounds
  

Compare Spectral iQ to the competition at www.SpectraliQ.com or by scanning the QR code — and hear for yourself how much better it sounds.

For a no cost or obligation Demonstration to experience Spectral iQ, contact Preferred Hearing Care at 866-330-4327.

The Unitron Quantum™ hearing aid has a lot going for it. It allows you to enjoy everything life throws at you while reducing the stress that can come from struggling to hear.

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The Unitron Quantum™

The Unitron Quantum™ hearing aid has a lot going for it. It allows you to enjoy everything life throws at you while reducing the stress that can come from struggling to hear. Available in three technology tiers, the Quantum uses state-of-the-art technology to meet all your listening and hearing demands.

For example, some Quantum models are available with a unique phone feature that makes talking on the telephone hassle-free by allowing you to hear the caller’s voice clearly in both ears. Other features include the ability to connect wirelessly with MP3 players, FM systems and cell phones so you can enjoy today’s electronic toys, just like everyone else. Quantum hearing aids can even communicate with each other so that when you change volume or a programming selection in one ear, it can automatically be applied to both ears if you desire.

Available in a variety of styles, the Quantum is the perfect choice for those who need a behind-the-ear (BTE) style as well as for those who want a smaller, custom-made, in-the-ear (ITE) or in-the-canal (ITC and CIC) product. And there are many options for color choices available. You can match your skin tone or choose “cool” colors like bright blue, red or pink when choosing the Unitron Quantum hearing aid in a BTE style.