{"id":44,"date":"2021-09-01T13:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:54:18","slug":"hearing-aids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/treatment\/hearing-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hearing-aids.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hearing-aids.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hearing-aids-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hearing-aids-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hearing-aids-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearing aids are apparatus worn in or behind the ear. They are available for those with varying levels of hearing loss, and help to make sounds more clear. They can vary in size and shape, with two main types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Analogue hearing aids<\/strong>&nbsp;are the cheaper of the two, and are able to increase all sounds. However, this can be a drawback as it can increase background sounds you do not wish to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Digital hearing aids&nbsp;<\/strong>are highly thought of but more expensive. They are able to boost the sounds of speech, while reducing other unwanted sounds. The sound quality is similar to that of a CD, and with the use of a computer doctors are able to programme hearing aids to individual patient condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.fdp.org.uk\/treatments\/index.html\">Treatment for Hearing Loss<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.fdp.org.uk\/treatments\/antibiotics.html\">Antibiotics to treat hearing loss<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.fdp.org.uk\/treatments\/earwax-removal.html\">Earwax Removal to treat hearing loss<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.fdp.org.uk\/treatments\/hearing-aids.html\">Hearing Aids to treat hearing loss<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.fdp.org.uk\/treatments\/surgery.html\">Surgery to treat hearing loss<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.fdp.org.uk\/treatments\/stem-cells.html\">Stem Cells to treat hearing loss<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing aids are apparatus worn in or behind the ear. They are available for those with varying levels of hearing loss, and help to make sounds more clear. They can vary in size and shape, with two main types: Analogue hearing aids&nbsp;are the cheaper of the two, and are able to increase all sounds. However, [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/155"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdp.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}