What are the differences between analogue and digital hearing aids?
There is nothing magic about the term digital. It simply means the sound is handled like any computerized device. It can be very good; It can be very bad. Although digital hearing aids can provide a vastly better hearing experience, they have to be correctly programmed. Analog hearing aids were built at the factory and came “fixed” to the fitter. The fitter could not make many alterations to the output of the instrument. Digitals come as a blank sheet of paper. It’s up to the hearing aid fitter to shape the output of the hearing aid. If the digital hearing instrument is well programmed you will have an awesome experience. If it is not, it can be as useless as sticking a rock in your ear.
