Weekly Q&A: Answers | Week of March 18th, 2024

Age-related hearing loss...

Q: I have second question for this week. I am a 65 year old audiophile. I know I am heading toward, and probably over due for, a hearing aid. I used to religiously read TAS and Stereophile in my younger days. Quite some time ago, I remember discussion bemoaning the demise of analog hearing aids which, the consensus as I recall, were inferior to the digital devices which had replaced them at the time. This could have easily been 15 years ago. I am curious regarding the current opinion in the community is on such a basic component in an aging audiophile’s. system. Are there better or preferred devices from an audiophile standpoint?

-Jeffrey

A: We are not medical experts and can’t give medical advice, a category into which hearing aids fall.

There are items you might research at your discretion (we invite readers to comment):

• Always talk to your primary care physician, ENT and/or audiologist.

• Everyone suffers from age-related hearing loss to some degree (this starts as early as age 18), b…