Hearing Instruments

Hearing Aid Stigma: An 8 Year Old’s Perspective

“I want the most discrete hearing aid possible so that I don’t look old.”  This is heard almost daily during our hearing aid consultations.  Despite the significant advancements in hearing aid size and technology, there is one thing that hasn’t changed: their stigma.  Although a hearing aid is much less noticeable than the hearing loss itself, people continue…

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JHBI Opens State-of-the-Art Hearing Center

Jacksonville Hearing and Balance Institute has just announced the opening of a brand new, state-of-the-art Hearing Center. The 1,180 square foot Hearing Center is located right across the hall from our existing offices in the Center One building on Centurion Parkway North just off Gate Parkway. The Hearing Center will be dedicated exclusively to serving our hearing…

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JHBI pleased to offer Panasonic’s award-winning hearing instrument

Panasonic Corporation has received the prestigious Good Housekeeping Seal for the company’s JZ Series digital hearing instruments, after evaluation by the Good Housekeeping Research Institute.  [Read the full press release.] The newly designed hearing instrument resembles an MP3 player, is palm-sized and features an LCD screen and an earphone with microphones.  It was specifically created…

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