Each year, we ask Orange County Register readers to choose their favorite places to shop, dine, play and do business in OC.<\/p>\n
Here are the top picks for Best place to buy a hearing aid:<\/p>\n
1. Amazing Hearing<\/p>\n
24251 Avenida De La Carlota Ste B-1 Laguna Hills; 949-667-9818;\u00a0amazinghearing.net<\/a><\/p>\n Science comes first for Amazing Hearing owner and audiologist Ann Mundell-Noel.<\/p>\n Hers is a shop where customers can buy products for preventing hearing loss, not just treating it, including custom headphones that help with comprehension and products for tinnitus. Professional audiologists test, fit, and repair products for all customers, who benefit from a combination of experience, education and empathy.<\/p>\n \u201cThe selection of the best hearing aid for the patient is only the first step in our program. After the selection and fitting of the hearing aids \u2014 based on diagnostic testing in quiet and noise \u2014 we measure, counsel, and confirm our patients are maximizing their hearing potential. In addition, we offer hearing therapy with every hearing aid fitting. We recognize that getting the sound to the brain is the first step in improving the hearing, and getting the brain to listen and comprehend the new sounds comes next,\u201d says Mundell-Noel.<\/p>\n \u201cPractice makes perfect, so the more the patient uses our hearing therapy program, the better their overall acceptance and improvement in understanding, especially in difficult listening situations, like background noise. Through our program we aim to improve not only communication, but also balance, memory, cognition, and overall quality of life.\u00a0We are blessed to have so many patients trust us and refer their family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n Mundell-Noel is also the audiology adviser to the Mission Viejo chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America, which meets monthly in Laguna Woods. At those meetings, she answers people\u2019s questions about hearing loss.<\/p>\n 2. Costco Wholesale<\/p>\n