Report on Palm Beach County, FL, resident who received Esteem hearing aid

Report by local ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Boynton Beach, Florida man who is one of the first 175 or 200 people to receive it.

http://www.wpbf.com/news/health/Boy...-aid/-/8788734/21250678/-/a188jz/-/index.html

 

Karen, an article in The Palm Beach Post mentioned that he had ringing in his ears since a Beatles concert in 1964. I had an actual newspaper and read that article. However, it costs to read it on the internet. I am very interested to see if the hearing aid helped his tinnitus.

 

Great stuff for those with severe hearing loss, but I can't see how this hearing aid can help in cases of tinnitus? Did I miss something here? If the cause of T is hearing loss then the damages in the inner ear won't be fixed by this device. If the cause is something else it obviously wont help either. So what's the connection?

I noticed the battery life was 5-9 years by the way, so, they obviously need to open his skull to change the batteries. The battery business is still making sure they are cashing in, there must be a global battery production agreement making sure they never release batteries that lasts too long on anything. I'm almost sure they know how to them make'em last for ages.