When you are faced with the task of figuring out what hearing aid to buy, it is almost as though you are expected to suddenly be an expert in hearing and medical technology just so you can conduct a conversation with the salesperson. The dizzying array of options, features, styles, ways that hearing aids are worn and prices can make the task of picking a hearing aid pretty intimidating. You need a hearing aid that you can live with, that doesn't take a college degree to operate and that you can understand before you even buy it.
The first stop in getting some orientation to what everybody in the hearing aid world is talking about is your ear doctor, otherwise known as your "audiologist". This medical professional will be the first person to tell you that you need a hearing aid and he or she can point you in the right direction as to what kind of hearing aid to look into and what you must have and what is optional in your final choice. Now, the audiologist probably won't just tell you what to get because you may want to spend your money on the latest fashion hearing aid that just hit the market. But the doctor can tell you what you must have so you have the basic training needed to start shopping.
