Mobilians love to throw parties, and summer is on the horizon, meaning festivals, concerts, street parties and more. Enjoy festival season like never before with your hearing aids, thanks to specialized accessories, settings and technology so you don’t miss a moment.
Upgrade Your Accessories
Listening in crowded, loud settings is one of the more difficult listening environments for people with hearing loss. To work with this, there are a number of specialized accessories available to you that can help your hearing aids adapt in noisy situations.
You may be interested in wireless accessories that connect to your hearing aids via Bluetooth®. These include wireless microphones, remotes and headsets. This can improve sound clarity and quality, even if you’re in a crowded area or far away from the stage.
Places like theaters, concerts and outdoor venues may use assistive listening technology that works in conjunction with your hearing aids. This ADA-compliant technology uses radio signals, infrared or induction loop systems to transmit sound directly to your devices.
Talk to your audiologist about what accessories are compatible with your model of hearing aids and how they might benefit you at summer festivals. They’ll have excellent guidance on what will work for you in these types of settings.
Upgrade Your Settings
Your hearing aids have a number of listening programs—some pre-made, others custom-made by your audiologist—that enable you to easily adjust your hearing aid settings according to the needs of the moment. Consider visiting with your audiologist and creating a new listening program for an outdoor concert, art fair in an echoey gallery or any other similar setting. Your audiologist will be able to take into account your hearing needs, the acoustics of the environment and the level of background noise to create the perfect listening program.
Additionally, you might be due for a recheck of your hearing health, which may necessitate an adjustment of your hearing aid settings. Even when treating hearing loss with hearing aids, it will continue to develop, meaning that if your hearing aids are a few years old, they may not adequately meet your hearing needs today. Update your audiogram with your audiologist and make sure your hearing aids are doing what you need them to before throwing them into complex situations.
Upgrade Your Devices
There are a number of reasons to upgrade to a new set of hearing aids, including decreased sound quality, physical damage, progression of hearing loss and loss of your devices. If any of these have happened, start a discussion about getting new hearing aids. Hearing aid users, on average, upgrade their devices every three to five years, so if you’re reaching that timeline, think about how a new set might benefit you.
Additionally, many people upgrade because they want to keep up with the ever-evolving hearing aid technology out there. New hearing aids are more discreet, more powerful and include more features than ever before. Your cutting-edge set from five years ago may seem rather outdated compared to 2026 models. Bluetooth® connectivity, directional microphones and AI-powered digital processing all make your listening experience even cleaner, even in festival-like settings!
Device Tune-Up
If you’ve noticed a decrease in sound quality or some normal wear and tear but don’t think you need an upgrade yet, you should definitely bring your hearing aids in for a tune-up. Giving them a thorough cleaning and performing minor repairs extends the lifespan of your aids and ensures they’re in top shape before going to a festival.
If you need more information on optimizing your hearing aids for the fun-filled festival season ahead, contact Premier Medical Group today. We’re always excited to discuss hearing aid technology and how it can enhance your life and keep you connected.