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Don’t struggle with hearing loss: Hear Clear today

Are you or a loved one struggling with hearing loss? You’re not alone: About lower cost to the patient. We often give patients 50 to 75 percent discounts
15 percent of Americans 18 and older have some form of hearing loss. Adults on hearing aids.”
60 and older typically experience the greatest amount of hearing loss, and it’s Today’s hearing aids offer a lot of features that your grandfather’s didn’t:
twice as likely to affect men than women. The National Institute on Deafness Bluetooth connectivity; noise reduction; directional microphones; rechargeable
and other Communication Disorders estimates that at least 28.8 million U.S. battery; customizable settings — even artificial intelligence. “Most hearing
adults could benefit from using hearing aids.
aids today are capable of connecting wirelessly to cell phones, computers,
The symptoms are usually not hard to spot, says audiologist Alex Fontes, televisions, and other devices,” Fontes says.
founder of the Hear Clear Hearing Centers. Someone experiencing hearing And while many hearing aids are also small or stylish, Fontes says the biggest
loss will often “complain that people are mumbling or speaking too softly; mistake people make when selecting one is vanity: “Patients are more worried
they’ll frequently ask people to repeat what they have said—especially in noisy about the look of the hearing aid, than the actual problem with their hearing.”
situations,” he says. “They prefer the television or radio louder than other
people, and have difficulty understanding what’s said on the telephone. They The first Hear Clear Hearing Center opened on Bath Pike in Bethlehem
struggle to understand all the dialogue at the movies or during a live theater Township in the fall of 2016. Hear Clear has since expanded to include centers
production, and have difficulty understanding people speaking at their house in Bangor and Easton.
of worship or other public gatherings. They have trouble understanding people “We work with every insurance company and all manufacturers,” Fontes says.
when they cannot see their faces.” “And I have an open-door policy: If a patient needs me, they can just come
And that, he says, can lead to feelings of impatience, irritability, and frustration— by, and I’ll see them that day. We always give patients plenty of time with
causing the person to withdraw. their appointment; we are never in a rush to get our patients out the door. We
answer calls at night and on weekends, at home; we even make house calls at
Fontes says he was a regional director for a major hearing corporation
when he was inspired to walk away and open his own practice to help no charge to our patients. We’re a family oriented business that treats patients
people Hear Clear. “The experience [of being fitted for a hearing aid] should more like family, and not like customers.”
be a good one, and not traumatic,” he says. “I wanted to ensure patients To learn more about Hear Clear Hearing Centers and what you can do to
weren’t being taken advantage of, and help people get hearing aids at a improve your hearing, visit www.hearclearhc.com or call (610) 317-2600.

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