Earlens
Hear Better With Lens Technology
Virginia Ear, Nose and Throat is proud to offer Earlens, a hearing device that uses groundbreaking hearing technology. Traditional hearing devices rely on speakers to amplify sound. Earlens, however, uses a lens that is placed on the eardrum, which radically improves the user’s range of sound frequency and leads to high-quality, rich and overall better sound.
How Does Earlens Work?
Most hearing devices contain a small speaker that picks up sound waves from the environment and converts them into an electrical signal that moves the eardrum. Earlens devices are the world’s only nonsurgical lens that works with your body’s natural hearing system. A small lens is placed right on the eardrum by one of our ENT physicians. The ear tip transmits signals via radio frequency directly to the lens, which causes the eardrum to vibrate, resulting in clearer sound and a fuller frequency range.
Who Is A Candidate For Earlens?
Patients with hearing loss may benefit from using a hearing device, which can restore the overall quality of life in patients. Hearing aids are not a cure for hearing loss, but they can significantly improve a person’s ability to hear and communicate with others.
Our audiologists along with our physicians at Virginia Ear, Nose and Throat can help you determine if this hearing device or another type of hearing aid is suitable for you. Oftentimes, patients with hearing loss turn to this device after experiencing dissatisfaction with other conventional devices. Other Earlens users are trying hearing aids for the first time.
Benefits Of Choosing Earlens
Patients report noticeable advantages when wearing this device over traditional hearing aids. After receiving this device, many patients say that they even forget they have hearing loss. Benefits include:
Trying Earlens Is Easy
One of our ENT physicians will take an impression of your ear that will be used to build the lens an ear tips, which takes about two weeks. Once your device arrives, our office will reach out to schedule your fitting. At your fitting appointment, the ENT doctor will place the lens into your ears and your audiologist will adjust the settings to optimize your hearing. As you adapt to Earlens you will continue to have the full support of our practice as well as the Earlens Concierge team. To learn more, watch our webinar or call us and ask to schedule an Earlens consultation.