What Are Hearing Aids?

Hearing aids are small battery-powered devices worn in or behind the ear to make sounds louder and clearer. This allows the person wearing a hearing aid to more fully hear words and other sounds, so they are better able to communicate and participate fully in activities.  Alice Jones had pretty...

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How LSH Helps Restore the Gift of Hearing

LSH offers financial help to those in our service area who qualify for hearing aids. Our sense of hearing allows us to enjoy much of our everyday lives from music and voices to the sounds of nature. It can be hard to admit that we are losing our hearing. According to hear.com, people in the U.S....

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Does Medicare cover hearing aids?

All too often, even if you have insurance, the copay can be too high or the procedure you need is not even covered. Hearing aids are not covered by Medicare.  Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C) may cover hearing aids, but often has high co-pays and deductibles. This leaves thousands of people in...

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Does LSH help with hearing aid costs, even with insurance?

All too often, even if you have insurance, the copay can be too high or the procedure you need is not even covered. Hearing aids are usually not covered by Medicare.  Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C) may cover hearing aids, but often has high co-pays and deductibles.  Medi-Cal covers the expense...

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Who Needs Hearing Aids?

According to the American Academy of Audiology, 36 million Americans experience hearing loss and “95% of Americans with hearing loss can be treated with hearing aids.”  Hearing a loved one’s voice, or the engine of an approaching car – these are all sounds many of us take for granted. And when you...

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Is Your Loved One Losing Their Hearing?

When someone starts to lose their hearing, the first to notice is often not the person themselves, but those around them. The person with hearing loss starts asking people to repeat themselves, or to speak up. At first, this may be hardly noticeable.  After all, all of us on occasion have to ask...

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