The Case for Two: Just A Marketing Ploy?

We often recommend that our customers purchase two hearing aids, one for each ear.  Although this seems like another way for a hearing aid company to make a few extra dollars, the reality is the benefits you get from wearing two hearing aids far outweigh the costs of a second hearing aid (Especially when you are purchasing from us!).  Why?  Because with hearing aids, one plus one really does equal 3.  There is some great research out there that leads us to this conclusion, like the study done by the Better Hearing Institute that demonstrates why wearing two hearing aids is much better than starting out with just one.

Our ears are designed to work as a pair to help distinguish and place sounds in the background. Therefore, if one ear is not hearing as well as the other, you, in turn, will not hear as well.  Research and clinical experience have shown that using hearing aids in both ears can provide the following benefits:

• Better sound quality
• Smoother tone
• Better hearing range
• Less hearing loss deterioration
• Better ability to tell where sounds are coming from
• Better hearing in background noise
• Better hearing for soft sounds
• Less listening strain
• Listening balance

By wearing two hearing aids rather than just one, selective listening is more easily achieved, meaning your brain can better focus on the conversation you want to hear.  We’ve found that customers that use a hearing aid in each ear often have an easier time adjusting to using their hearing aid overall.  As we know, the adjustment period involved in using a hearing solution is sometimes a bit frustrating.  After all, it takes your brain some time to adjust to the new sounds you are hearing.  By wearing a hearing solution in both ears, this adjustment period can become a bit more comfortable, allowing you to truly experience how great it feels to hear the sounds around you, as speech intelligibility is improved in difficult listening situations. 

Just as you use both eyes to see clearly, you need two healthy ears to hear clearly.  At Songbird, we want you to be able to experience the benefits of better hearing without having to spend double on your hearing solution.  Whether you use our Flexfit or Ultra models we have discounts available to make it easier to buy that second hearing aid.

If you’re exploring wearing hearing aids for the first time, we encourage you to take advantage of these special deals.  At the end of the day, our main goal is to make it more convenient and affordable for you to hear better.  Since research shows that wearing two hearing aids over one helps with the adjustment period, we want you to be able to purchase two risk free in order to truly get the most out of our solutions.

If you have any personal experience with the differences between wearing one and two hearing aids we’d love to hear about it.   Please leave us your comments.