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The Hearing Aid Museum |
Hearing Aids of all types—Ear
Trumpets, Carbon Hearing Aids, Vacuum Tube Hearing Aids,
Transistor Hearing Aids, Body Hearing Aids, Eyeglass Hearing
Aids and much more! |
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Click on the "General
Information" button (top button above) for an overview and general
information on this category of hearing aid. |
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Behind-the-Ear (BTE) Digital Hearing Aids |
America Hears Freedom Wide Band BTE Digital Hearing Aid
The Freedom line of hearing aids was manufactured by America Hears of
Bristol, PA. This Freedom Wide Band BTE model came out in the fall of
2005. It uses a No. 675 size (blue tab) zinc-air battery.
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The hearing aids at the right are the first pair of Wide Band hearing
aids produced by America Hears. These aids amplify sounds up to 16,000
Hz, rather than just to 6,000 to 8,000 Hz like regular hearing aids do.
As a result, these aids work well for people with severe reverse-slope
hearing losses.
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The back of the Freedom WB aid showing the controls. The volume
control (top), programming jack, on-off switch and the memory selector
button (bottom).
These aids have automatic volume with manual override. The 3-position
on-off switch (off in bottom position, memory 2 (middle) and memory 1
(top). The memory button (bottom) cycles through 3 of the 4 memories.
If you look closely at the large picture you can see the second of
the two microphones which give this aid some directional abilities. The
microphone is about half way between the volume control and the top of
the aid and a bit to the left of center. (You can see the primary
microphones in the second picture—the two tiny slots at the top of the
aids.) |
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One of the unique features of America Hears hearing aids is that they
come with the interface box and complete programming software so you can
program or tweak them yourself if you are so inclined. Here is the
interface box and cables to attach to the hearing aids (small blue and
red tipped cables) and computer (large USB cable at top).
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(If a larger picture doesn't appear, you may have to
turn your pop-up blocker off)
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