Remote control app for hearing loss.

Technology is increasing day by day and with technology, every thing is becoming easy.
I got to know about a very interesting app which is very useful for the patients who have hearing loss problem.
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These apps not only comes with ease but also have a very user-friendly interface. With these apps a patient having hearing loss problem can remotely use their smartphones as a controller of their earpiece. A time was there when people were using a large gadget to hear something, but now technology has been upgraded. Now the people don't need that old stuffs, the smartphone is all we needed.


Just read this awesome post to know what is it.

Hearing loss problem is widely found over the world. Either it is a child or any old person or any young person any can face this hearing loss problem.
Worldwide 360 million peoples are suffering from hearing loss out of which 32 million are children.
In India per year, there are 1 million cases of hearing loss.

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Causes of Hearing Loss


There are many causes of hearing loss that are congenital defect, injury, disease, certain medication, exposure to loud noise or age-related wear and tear.

People must know that hearing loss can’t be cured but treatment can prevent it.

Types of Hearing Loss


Hearing loss can be of different types. Some can have this problem with both their ears, some of them can have problems in only one ear. It may happen that some people are fully deaf with both the ears or with one ear or maybe they have partial deafness.

Symptoms of hearing loss


Now we know the types of hearing loss then it is also necessary to know the symptoms of hearing loss.
The symptoms of hearing loss mentioned below may or may not be vary depending on the type, cause, and degree of hearing loss.
  • People may face difficulty in understanding everyday conversations.
  • People may hear everything but can’t understand it.
  • People may not able to hear something at one time what others say, they are needed to repeat the words.
  • People avoid all the enjoyable activities which they were really enjoying.
  • People may feel tinnitus, ringing or buzzing sounds in their ears.
Now if we know the causes, types, and symptoms of the Hearing Loss. Let’s move towards its aids.

hearing aid app




It's very annoying for everyone to use small buttons on the hearing aid gadgets to adjust the volumes as per situations.
Now as technology is increasing it is changing our way of life. We are getting more comforts as the technology is developing. The hearing aid apps are also kept over understanding the difficulties being faced to hearing loss patients. They just need an app in their smartphone on which they can remotely control their hearing gadget. These apps are available for both Android and iPhones.
I am mentioning some of the apps through which patients can remotely access their gadgets

Petralex Hearing aid - Petralex Hearing aid apps come with their patients' requirement. They have created their app to remove the annoying hearing gadgets. Patients can use their earphones as their hearing aids. When the earphone is plugged into phones no one notices about the patient's hearing loss problem.
With this app, a patient can also hear higher sampling rate sounds that are 441 KHz. There is also auto adjust option in the app. This is the first app which can auto adjust its sound without any audiologist’s help. So if you are moving to a new sound environment this app is always helpful to you.

Ear Assist - Ear Assist is an app that helps in hearing directly through your earphones. You just need to download ear assist app into your smartphone and plug your earphone into the smartphone. It amplifies the sound which can be heard directly from the microphone to earphones. The app also supports Bluetooth earphones. So when you are away from your phone for a short distance then you can’t have any difficulties in hearing.
When tested it gave a better sound quality with Bluetooth when the smartphone was kept away for a short range.

ReSound - ReSound is an app specially designed for iPhone users. This app can be downloaded on iPhones, ipads, ipods and on some selected android devices only. This app works on ReSound hearing aid gadgets.
This app comes with different programs in which a patient can adjust their sound as per their environment. There are many options available in the programs such as Restaurant, Traffic, Outdoor. For the ease of patients, there is one All Around option is available.
You can get information about your hearing aid, batteries etc.
The app also comes with a feature in which you can save your favorite place you visited.


Phonak - Phonak app comes for the patients who have hearing loss problems. This app available for both Android and iPhones. This app can be used to remotely access Phonak hearing aids.
There is guidance for using this app with Phonak hearing aids available in different languages.
This app comes with a personalized library of sounds and music. We can modify as per our requirements.

There are several more apps available on the internet. These apps are very easy to operate and to control. The apps and gadgets are prepared thinking about their patients as per their reliabilities.

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