United States 5/8/2009 6:08:07 AM
News / Business

Hearing Aids Now Programmed From Home by the Wearer

, Replacing the Typical Adjustments Made by an Audiologist; The Technology Allows a Cost Reduction of up to 70% of Like Products

Until now a hearing aid wearer had to make several trips to a professional’s office to obtain satisfaction with their adjustments. Now the hearing aid customer can purchase the best hearing aids, receive and program the instruments right from their home or office with exceptional accuracy and at reduced cost. 

 

D.i.Y. Hearing Aids is among the very first to offer a truly remote audiological solution to those who prefer to simply stay at home to handle their hearing aid adjustments. The developers of the new technology firmly admit that the product is NOT your father’s hearing aid solution, but rather a new high tech leap into the future for those who are computer and internet savvy.  D.i.Y. offers several different types of hearing aids.

 

The D.I.Y. technology is called the Virtual Technician™ , and is a tool that places the ability to make programming adjustments to hearing aids in the hands of the consumer. Until now this was done at the office of a hearing aid dealer or audiologist. Virtual Technician™ sets a new standard for convenience in the ownership and use of hearing instruments by allowing a digital hearing aid purchase to be made directly from the manufacturer and programmed either by the wearer or with remote assistance directly over the web. Virtual Technician™ is very user friendly and extremely convenient since program adjustments can now be made in the privacy of the customer’s home or office. The Virtual Technician™ programmer is free with the purchase of Virtual Technician™ compatible instruments.

 

All hearing instrument manufacturers have unique programming software and hardware that is provided only to the professionals who sell their products. Without sacrificing accuracy or flexibility, the new software and hardware is operated easily by the wearer of Virtual Technician™ compatible instruments. The programmer can be used by anyone with a personal computer where program adjustments can be performed by the listener on their own instruments. If they wish they can request assistance with their adjustments by contacting the audiology department and their hearing aids can be adjusted by a staff Audiologists directly over the web.

 

About D.i.Y. Hearing Aids:

D.i.Y. Hearing Aids (also known as Do it Yourself Hearing Aids ) is owned by Robert L. Millett, BC-HIS who is a 31 year veteran of the hearing aid industry. Mr. Millett is a Nationally Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist and has been professionally associated with all aspects of the hearing aid industry from retail sales to manufacturing since 1978. Mr. Millett operates D.i.Y. Hearing Aids in partnership with H.S.I. who is the manufacturer of the Virtual Technician™ programmer and compatible instruments.