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Nickerson Optical and Hearing Aid Center located in Brunswick, Maine
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Mark A. Nickerson - Certified Master Optician and Licensed Hearing Aid Specialist A wide variety of eye glasses and hearing aids. Maine's only master optician
Serving Midcoast Maine since 1986

Hearing


Hearing aids today are smaller, more refined, and less conspicuous than ever before. Under the right conditions, a hearing aid can help a person enjoy sounds long since silenced by time.

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Evaluation First by a Licensed Physician

There are many factors that can contribute to a loss of hearing capability.  Speech discrimination can become a challenge when some aspect of the auditory system is deficient/disabled.  The Food and Drug Administration recommends having a medical evaluation by a licensed physician, before being fitted with hearing aids.  
 

How Much can a Person Benefit from a Hearing Aid?

Getting proper evaluation of the auditory system is an essential component to the fitting process. 

  • The level of improvement, if any, depends upon particular hearing loss amounts and types;
     
  • Normal hearing, once it is lost, may not be restored through the use of hearing aids, and the benefits are not the same for everyone;
     
  • (However) due to continuous technological advancements with hearing instruments, the quality of processing sound has greatly improved in comparison to hearing aids of the past.

 


Tag line - our focus is quality

Nickerson Optical and Hearing Aid Center
8 Mason Street
Brunswick, Maine 04011
(207) 725-7741
mark@nickersonoptical.com