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Hastings Hearing Centres Ltd. have been offering professional hearing tests, hearing instruments, consultations, evaluations, musicians and noise plugs, related products and services since 1965!

We are located on the corner of Graham Avenue at Edmonton Street SW. Hastings Hearing Centres has three main offices located in Winnipeg, Brandon, and Winkler, as well as monthly service to over 9 rural communities. We offer complete professional hearing services with the latest in digital technology. Advanced digital technology allows many styles of hearing instruments to fit a vast range of hearing losses with comfort and easy handling.

The professional staff of Board Certified Hearing Instruments Specialist (BC-HIS) and Clinical Audiologists are available to answer your questions and concerns regarding the latest developments in hearing!  

For appointments, service, hearing tests, repairs and information, please call our Winnipeg office:

Winnipeg: (204) 943-6561
Toll Free: 1-800-782-0078

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: How much do hearing aids cost?
Q: Do I need one hearing aid or two?
Q: Are digital hearing aids better?
Q: Will my hearing get worse?
Q: What is the difference between a conductive and a sensorineural hearing loss?
Q: Will hearing aids help me hear in a background of noise like when I'm at a meeting or bingo game?
Q: I have difficulty hearing my wife and / or grandchildren. Why is this and will hearing aids help the problem?

Q: How much do hearing aids cost?

A: That is not an easily answered question. There are many different hearing aids on the market today, some of which are relatively simple, and some very sophisticated. The cost of a set of hearing aids depends on the size of the aids as well as the circuitry that's used in them. In very general terms , you can pay anywhere from $1,300 to over $4, 500 for a single hearing aid. Given the many different prices of aids, it is always best to consult with a hearing professional regarding the best aids to suit your ears, your hearing loss, and your lifestyle.

Q: Do I need one hearing aid or two?

A: If you have hearing loss in both ears, you will very likely require two aids. In the same way that you would never consider wearing a monocle, there are very serious repercussions to wearing only a single aid. Your ability to identify a sound in space as well as to hear well in crowds is non-existent without the use of two hearing aids. There are certain situations in which the use of two aids is not possible though, such as when one ear is 'dead'.

Q: Are digital hearing aids better?

A: Digital hearing aids do certainly offer advantages over the older, analog hearing aids. In fact, most manufacturers are moving away from analog hearing aids and in a few years analog hearing aids will be as antiquated as the body aid is now. Digital hearing aids offer more programming flexibility, better sound quality, and far more features that help to assist the hearing of hearing listener in a background of noise.

Q: Will my hearing get worse?

A: Unfortunately, no one has a crystal ball so it is impossible to say with any certainty what will happen to any person's hearing. However, it is fairly safe to say that your hearing, once damaged, doesn't go back to normal again. Generally, the best you can hope for is that your hearing levels stay stable. The process of aging diminishes your hearing over time so more than likely , as the years pass your hearing levels will decline. How fast that decline happens is variable between individuals.

Q: What is the difference between a conductive and a sensorineural hearing loss?

A: A conductive hearing loss is a loss that is being caused by one of the two initial parts of the the hearing system –  either the middle ear of the outer ear system. Ear infections are a very common type of conductive hearing loss. Many conductive hearing losses are treatable through medications or surgery. A sensorineural hearing loss is a result of damage to one or both of the final organs of hearings – the inner ear or the hearing nerves. Damage to either of these systems is generally permanent and is only treatable through the use of hearing aids. A simple diagnostic hearing test will quickly indicate what type of hearing loss you have.

Q: Will hearing aids help me hear in a background of noise like when I'm at a meeting or bingo game?

A: Hearing well in a background of noise while wearing hearing aids has been, in the past, a problem. However, the new generation of hearing aids that have been developed offer features such as directional microphone technology (which help you to hear sound from the front more clearly than sounds from behind you) and noise reduction circuits which can greatly reduce, though not eliminate, background noise.

Q: I have difficulty hearing my wife and / or grandchildren. Why is this and will hearing aids help the problem?

A: Many hearing losses are a result of the natural process of aging and / or noise exposure through your lifetime. The damage inflicted on the hearing system by these two factors eats away our high frequency range. High frequency speech sounds (i.e.: /s/, /t/, /k/, /p/, /sh/) are the most important sounds for us to hear in order to make sense of speech. High frequency speech sounds are responsible for our clarity and ability to understand speech. Women and children tend to have have higher pitched voices, making them even harder to understand for people who have a high frequency hearing loss. Properly fit and functioning hearing aids are very capable of amplifying these high frequency ranges, making speech much more intelligible and clear.

390 Graham Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(204) 943-6561 • 1-800-782-0078
info@hastingshearing.com

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